Weba review of u. s. Public opinion in the two decades since 9/11 reveals how a badly shaken nation came together, briefly, in a spirit of sadness and patriotism; Webhijacked airplanes smashed into new york city's world trade center and the pentagon in washington, d. c. , on sept. 11, 2001, in terrorist attacks carried out by the. Webraleigh county, w. va. Websome family members of the victims argued that the museum should focus solely on honoring the lives lost, while others believed that providing context and. Webthe attacks killed nearly 3,000 people. To honor their memory, we worked with photographer jackie molloy to create portraits of several female first responders and. Webthe pentagon memorial is the first national memorial dedicated to honoring the 184 people whose lives were lost when hijackers flew a jetliner into the pentagon on sept. Webtoday the president and the vice president were in west virginia attending a memorial service for the miners lost in the tragedy at upper big branch mine. Webrelatives of people who died on 9/11 have read out victims' names, as the us marks 20 years since the deadliest terror attacks on its soil. Many struggled to hold. Sadness because events occurred which made this investigation necessary;.
