Trump Speaks At Shanksville, And Other Stories For 9/11

Earlier today, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump visited the Flight 93 Memorial near Shanksville, Pennsylvania to pay tribute to the crew and passengers of the airplane which crashed in that area.  Vice President Mike Pence, who had visited Shanksville a year ago, led a ceremony at the Pentagon.  The president spoke for 15 minutes, recounting the stories of the passengers and crew, and recalling how they fought back against the hijackers, which saved lives back in Washington, D.C.  Also attending the ceremony were Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, former Governor Mark Schweiker and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.

The dedication of the Tower of Voices took place on Sunday.  The 93-foot tower will eventually hold 40 bells, one for each passenger and crew member.

Read more at Fox News, CBS News, KDKA, USA Today and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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In other stories:

From Voice Of Europe, despite predictions to the contrary, unemployment in the U.K. drops to a level not seen since it joined the E.U.

From the Express, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras warns that the E.U. has no future unless it admits its mistakes.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From Radio Poland, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki pays tribute to the victims of 9/11, including six Poles.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From Radio Praha, beer drinkers in the Czech Republic get some bad news.

From Russia Today, the new swimsuit-less Miss America competition was anticipated in the Soviet Union.

From Sputnik International, the Russian Foreign Ministry warns the U.S. and its allies against "new dangerous steps" in Syria.  (What's the Russian word for "hypocrite"?)

From Total Croatia News, E.U. border police are expected to arrive in Croatia in 2020.

From Ekathimerini, Greek Conservatives will support possible disciplinary action against Hungary in the European Parliament.

From the Greek Reporter, representatives of Greece's creditors begin their first post-bailout audit.

From ANSA, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban praises the Italian government for its "courage" on dealing with migrants.

From France24, French right-wingers oppose reviving the teaching of Arabic in schools.  (I find myself disagreeing with them.  For those who wish to make the effort, Arabic is a good language to learn these days.  My only concern is that learning Arabic should be optional, not mandatory.)

From NL Times, according to a report, the Netherlands supported a Syrian jihadist group.

From Deutsche Welle, adults migrants in Germany are having a hard time finding work.

From the Independent, the U.K. Migration Advisory Committee recommends that the government make staying in the U.K. easier for foreign students after they graduate.

From The Guardian, Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary, soon to be released from jail, is still considered a threat.

From The Connexion, the man who drove his car through security barriers at the Lyon airport claimed to "have been sent by Allah".

From Dawn, a suicide bomber kills 32 people in eastern Afghanistan.

From Gatestone Institute, "are we remembering 9/11 or forgetting it?"

From Global News, how the people of Gander, N.L. helped the passengers of numerous temporarily downed airplanes on 9/11.

From FrontpageMag, 9/11 remembered 17 years later.

From National Review, America has a caste system.

From Townhall, "what the Democrats still don't get".

From The Washington Free Beacon, a federal court permits Missouri to make abortion safety reforms.

From Fox News, a man's sex  abuse conviction is overturned due to a dog.

From Twitchy, Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) gets hammered for her false statement about SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

From The Washington Times, President Trump's trip to Ireland has not been cancelled, but is still being finalized.

From the New York Post, two Oregon firefighters simulate a staircase climb to remember 9/11.

And from Breaking Burgh, National Security Advisor John Bolton threatens to "exterminate" the ICC.