FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA, MARIAH CAREY, AND MORE MOURN 9/11 ON 20TH ANNIVERSARY
For many, Tuesday, September 9, 2001, seems like it was yesterday when four coordinated terrorists’ attacks struck their target. Families all around the country came together to mourn and grieve those who lost their lives 20 years ago. Many families, public figures, and former U.S. presidents came together to reflect on the tragedy.
Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and Bill Clinton, as well as their wives, Jill, Michelle, and Hillary, were among those who gathered at the World Trade Center memorial. Hundreds of others joined them including those who lost their loved ones that day.
“Twenty years ago, nearly 3,000 lives were cut short by an unspeakable act of cowardice and hatred on 9/11,” Biden, who was a senator at the time of the attacks, said in a statement. “As a nation, we must never forget those we lost during one of the darkest moments in our history and the enduring pain of their families and loved ones.”
Twenty years ago, nearly 3,000 lives were cut short by an unspeakable act of cowardice and hatred on 9/11. As a nation, we must never forget those we lost during one of the darkest moments in our history and the enduring pain of their families and loved ones.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) September 11, 2021
Former first lady Michelle Obama recalls exactly what she was doing when she found out about the attack. She says it was her daughter Maila’s first day of nursery school.
“I remember taking her photo, dropping her off for the very first time, and feeling those pangs of separation from my baby,” She wrote on social media. “I’d just buckled newborn Sasha into her car seat and was driving back home when I heard the news on the radio—and the uncertainty and anxiety set in almost immediately. What was happening? Had the world just changed? What kind of future were our girls going to enter?”
Former President Obama also wrote to his followers, “9/11 reminded us how so many Americans give of themselves in extraordinary ways — not just in moments of great crisis, but every single day.” “Let’s never forget that,” he wrote, “and let’s never take them for granted.”
Tributes and remembrances continued throughout the day, with Mariah Carey writing that she finds herself “remembering the shock and anguish we all experienced with painfully deep sadness.” Jennifer Hudson shared that she’s “praying for the loved ones of all those we lost.”
It’s been 20 years and we will never forget. Join me in praying for the loved ones of all those we lost. #NeverForget pic.twitter.com/CN0Fy1VNBt
— Jennifer Hudson (@IAMJHUD) September 11, 2021
On this anniversary of 9/11, I find myself remembering the shock and anguish we all experienced with painfully deep sadness. Vivid images of the skyline I grew up loving so much, suddenly changed forever. pic.twitter.com/eSoaaNwf8X
— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) September 11, 2021
