{"id":10486,"date":"2025-09-11T10:23:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=10486"},"modified":"2025-09-11T11:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T15:43:17","slug":"trump-first-lady-commemorate-9-11-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/featured\/trump-first-lady-commemorate-9-11-victims\/njackson\/2025\/09\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump, First Lady Commemorate 9\/11 Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Thursday morning, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania attended a ceremony commemorating the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the Pentagon. Today marks 24 years since the tragic terror attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier Thursday, a large American flag was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Stx1ScYbZS0&amp;t=318s\">draped across the west side<\/a>&nbsp;of the building \u2014 marking the area that was struck by American Airlines Flight 77.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Watch:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LIVE: An American flag is unfurled at the Pentagon in honor of the lives lost in the 9\/11 attack.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Stx1ScYbZS0?start=318&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.911memorial.org\/911-faqs\">9\/11 Memorial &amp; Museum<\/a>, 2,977 people died during the terror attacks \u2014 including 2,753 in New York City, 184 at the Pentagon and 40 on Flight 93 that crashed in Pennsylvania.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later, the president is expected to travel to New York to attend a Yankees game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class= \"house-ad\"><center><p class= \"sponsored\">Sponsored<\/p><strong><span style=\" color:#ff0004\" class=\" has-inline-color has-text-align-center\"><a href= \"https:\/\/secure.anedot.com\/9-11-legacy-foundation\/edm_em-09?source_code=db-911-em09-009\">Your gift today helps the 9\/11 Legacy Foundation preserve survivor stories, educate the next generation, and fight back against those who want America to forget! 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