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President Biden paid tribute to those lost in the 9/11 terror attacks at the Pentagon on Sunday, calling for renewed national unity and determination in defense of democracy.
Speaking in a light rain in the nation’s capital, Biden solemnly commemorated the dead and their families.
“For all those of you who lost someone 21 years is both a lifetime and no time at all,” he said. “It is good to remember. These memories help us heal. But they can also open up the hurt and take us back to that moment when the grief was so raw.”
Biden said the deadly attacks altered the course of American history, but also revealed the country’s inner strength and resolve.
“The American story itself changed that day,” he said. “What we will not change, what we cannot change and never will is the character of this nation that the terrorists thought they could wound.
