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Patriot Day 2025, the 24th Anniversary of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks

Donald Trump · 47th PresidentPublished Sep 16, 2025Signed Sep 11, 2025

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Summary

September 11, 2001, will forever live in the collective consciousness of those who witnessed four commercial jetliners converted into weapons of terror to target innocent Americans on a beautiful Tuesday morning in September, 24 years ago. At 8:46 a.m., the first plane—Flight 11 from Boston, Massachusetts—hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Seventeen minutes later, at 9:03 a.m., Flight 175, also from Boston, struck the South Tower. At 9:37 a.m., Flight 77 from Washington, DC, smashed into the Pentagon. Twenty-two minutes later, the South Tower collapsed, and shortly thereafter the North Tower fell with it.…

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