9 Years After 9/11 - MTV International Desk

9 YEARS AFTER 9/11 - United States of America commemorates September 11th attacks (MTV News International Desk)

Originally broadcast on September 11, 2010.

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Ceremonies in the United States have been held to remember the nearly 3,000 people killed in the 9/11 attacks, as religious tensions marred the run-up to the tragedy's ninth anniversary.

Grieving relatives and friends gathered for an emotional commemoration service at New York's Ground Zero, where Muslim extremists flew two hijacked planes into the twin towers of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

The memorial in New York was attended by Vice President Joe Biden, while U.S. President Barack Obama was at the Pentagon, which also came under attack on 9/11.

First Lady Michelle Obama and former First Lady Laura Bush traveled to Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where a fourth plane crashed into a field after passengers tried to retake control of their plane from the hijackers.

Obama, speaking at the Pentagon ceremony, paid tribute to the victims.

"Nine years have now passed. In that time, you have shed more tears than we will ever know," Obama said. "And though it must seem some days as though the world has moved on to other things, I say to you today that your loved ones endure in the heart of our nation, now and forever."

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