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| 9/11 anniversary: Services held 15 years on | 9/11 anniversary: Services held 15 years on |
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| Services are being held across the United States and the world to mark 15 years since the 11 September attacks. | Services are being held across the United States and the world to mark 15 years since the 11 September attacks. |
| Six moments of silence are being held in New York City, to mark the times four hijacked planes crashed and the two World Trade Center towers fell. | Six moments of silence are being held in New York City, to mark the times four hijacked planes crashed and the two World Trade Center towers fell. |
| Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton attended a ceremony at the rebuilt site. | |
| Ahead of the anniversary, President Obama said it was important to remember America's "core values". | Ahead of the anniversary, President Obama said it was important to remember America's "core values". |
| "We're still the America of heroes who ran into harm's way; of ordinary folks who took down the hijackers; of families who turned their pain into hope," he said in his weekly radio address. | "We're still the America of heroes who ran into harm's way; of ordinary folks who took down the hijackers; of families who turned their pain into hope," he said in his weekly radio address. |
| "We are still the America that looks out for one another, bound by our shared belief that I am my brother's keeper, I am my sister's keeper. In the face of terrorism, how we respond matters." | "We are still the America that looks out for one another, bound by our shared belief that I am my brother's keeper, I am my sister's keeper. In the face of terrorism, how we respond matters." |
| Read more: The 9/11 attacks | Read more: The 9/11 attacks |
| President Obama held a moment of silence in the White House at 08:46 local time (12:46 GMT), the time the first plane hit the World Trade Center. He will later speak at an event at the Pentagon. | President Obama held a moment of silence in the White House at 08:46 local time (12:46 GMT), the time the first plane hit the World Trade Center. He will later speak at an event at the Pentagon. |
| Neither presidential candidate spoke at the New York event, where the names of the victims were read out. | |
| Close to 3,000 people died when planes crashed into the towers, as well as the Pentagon in Washington DC and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. | Close to 3,000 people died when planes crashed into the towers, as well as the Pentagon in Washington DC and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. |
| Fifteen of the 19 attackers were Saudi nationals. | Fifteen of the 19 attackers were Saudi nationals. |
| An independent panel completed the 9/11 Commission Report a year after the attacks. | An independent panel completed the 9/11 Commission Report a year after the attacks. |
| But several sections - informally known as "the 28 Pages" - were withheld from the public for 13 years, fuelling speculation about their contents. | But several sections - informally known as "the 28 Pages" - were withheld from the public for 13 years, fuelling speculation about their contents. |
| The pages were released in July, and showed it was likely the attackers got financial help from people inside Saudi Arabia, but that there was no official Saudi role. | The pages were released in July, and showed it was likely the attackers got financial help from people inside Saudi Arabia, but that there was no official Saudi role. |
| Last week, the US Congress unanimously passed a bill allowing 9/11 victims' families to sue the Saudi government. | Last week, the US Congress unanimously passed a bill allowing 9/11 victims' families to sue the Saudi government. |