President Trump has spoken today at a 9/11 commemoration at the Pentagon on Monday morning.

Sixteen years ago, Islamic terrorists hijacked four aeroplanes and used them to strike fear into the American people. At 8.46am, American Airlines Flight 11 slammed into the north tower of the World Trade Centre.  Seventeen minutes later, American Airlines Flight 175 slammed into the south tower. By 10.30am, both towers had fallen.

At 9.28am, American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon and started a violent fire. A final flight, United Airlines Flight 93, crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania after its passengers attempted to retake control of the aeroplane.

By the end of the day, 2,997 people lay dead.

Speaking at the Pentagon, President Trump stated:

“This is an occasion that is extraordinary and it’ll always be extraordinary. Today our entire nation grieves with you and with every family of those 2,977 innocent souls who were murdered by terrorists 16  years ago. On that day not only did the world change but we all changed. Our eyes were opened to the  depths of the evil we faced.”

President Trump continued by praising the American military and vowing to hunt down those who terrorise others:

“In the years after September 11th, more than five million young men and women have joined the ranks of our great military to defend our country against barbaric forces of evil and destruction.  American forces are relentlessly pursuing and destroying the enemies of all civilized people, ensuring, and these are horrible, horrible enemies, enemies like we’ve never seen before. But we’re ensuring they never again have a safe haven to launch attacks against our country.  We are making plain to these savage killers  that there is no dark corner beyond our reach, no sanctuary beyond our grasp, and nowhere to hide anywhere  on this very large Earth.”