Trump leads nation in solemn remembrance of Sept. 11 attacks
September 12, 2018
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Standing in the field where the last of the Sept. 11 planes crashed, President Donald Trump praised the "band of brave patriots" who helped bring down the jetliner and saved the lives of countless others in the nation's capital.
Trump paid his respects Tuesday at a rural Pennsylvania field where the fourth airplane hijacked that day crashed after its 40 passengers and crew learned about attacks in New York and Washington and tried to storm the cockpit.
Terrorists at the controls of Flight 93 planned to fly it into the U.S. Capitol, Trump said. But through the bravery an...
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