(Hill) President Biden on Friday marked the 20th anniversary of [the] Sept. 11 terror attacks with a prerecorded message in which he recognized the lives lost and the loved ones they left behind and called for national unity.
“It’s so hard whether it’s the first year or the 20th,” Biden said in the six-minute video released by the White House on the eve of the anniversary. “Children have grown up without parents and parents have suffered without children. Husbands and wives have had to find ways forward without their partners in their lives with them. Brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts, loved ones and friends have had to celebrate birthdays and milestones with a hole in their heart.”
“No matter how much time has passed, these commemorations bring everything painfully back as if you just got the news a few seconds ago,” he said.
