The ceremony was attended by President Johnson Toribiong, Minister of State Victor Yano, US Charge d’ affaires William H. Barkell, Civic Action Team, Faculty and Staff and students of PCC.
In his special remarks, President Toribiong, on behalf of the people of Palau, expressed his prayer and condolences to the families of the victims of 9/11.
Toribiong also reminisced the catastrophic incident that happened in the US nine years ago and recognized the young enlisted personnel who joined the US Armed Forces.
The CAT team led by officer-in-charge Robert Thompson, ENS, NMCBII sang the US National Anthem, while Rayven Rengulbai, Peterson Adelbai and Adora Nabuo sang the Palau National anthem.
After Toribiong delivered his remarks, a song number was performed by the PCC students.
The September 11 attacks were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the US on September 11, 2001. That morning, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners.
The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings. Both buildings collapsed within two hours, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others.
The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in rural Pennsylvania after some of its passengers and flight crew attempted to retake control of the plane, which the hijackers had redirected toward Washington, D.C.
There were no survivors from any of the flights.
The death toll of the attacks was 2,996, including the 19 hijackers. The overwhelming majority of casualties were civilians, including nationals of over 70 countries.
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