{"id":2028436,"date":"2023-09-11T18:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T22:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sept-11-biden-remembers-staring-down-at-the-gates-of-hell-calls-for-unity-and-resolve\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T18:34:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T22:34:52","slug":"sept-11-biden-remembers-staring-down-at-the-gates-of-hell-calls-for-unity-and-resolve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sept-11-biden-remembers-staring-down-at-the-gates-of-hell-calls-for-unity-and-resolve\/","title":{"rendered":"Sept. 11: Biden Recalls &#8216;Gates of Hell&#8217;, Urges Unity and Resolve"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsept-11-biden-remembers-staring-down-at-the-gates-of-hell-calls-for-unity-and-resolve%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2028436&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>President Joe \u200dBiden on\u2064 Sept. 11 urged\u200c Americans to never forget the evil they witnessed when \u200cIslamist terrorists attacked New\u2062 York 22 \u200dyears ago.<\/p>\n<p>In a speech delivered to U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">service members<\/a> at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in \u200dAnchorage,\u200b Alaska, the president said:\u00a0\u201cI join \u2064you \u2064on this solemn \u2062day to renew our\u2064 sacred vow: Never forget. Never forget. We never forget. Each of those precious lives [was] stolen when\u2064 evil attacked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Biden recalled \u2063observing the wreckage of the \u200bTwin Towers in lower Manhattan on Sept. 12, 2001, \u200dsaying that it seemed as though he was looking\u2062 into hell itself.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/biden-delivers-remarks-on-the-anniversary-of-9-11-post-5489546\">Biden\u2063 Delivers Remarks on the Anniversary of 9\/11<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/11\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/biden-delivers-remarks-on-the-anniversary-of-9-11-post-5489546\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/ntd-news-today-sept-11-9-11-memorials-across-the-us-biden-meets-chinas-number-two-as-us-vietnam-boost-relations-5489596\">NTD News Today (Sept.\u200d 11): 9\/11 Memorials Across \u200dthe US; Biden Meets\u200b China\u2019s Number \u2062Two \u2064as US, Vietnam \u2064Boost \u2062Relations<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/11\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/ntd-news-today-sept-11-9-11-memorials-across-the-us-biden-meets-chinas-number-two-as-us-vietnam-boost-relations-5489596\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Because of that, he acknowledged, it can be difficult for\u2064 many to remember the horror of the day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like I was looking \u2062through the \u200bgates of hell. It looked so devastating,\u201d President Biden said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>    \u200b\u2064 \u201cHow can we reopen that wound? It\u2019s\u2063 like reopening a black \u200chole in your\u2062 chest, sucking\u2064 you back into it\u2063 again. Bringing you back to that moment when\u2063 you saw the \u200bnews.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><b>A\u2062 Break\u200b with Custom<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>    President \u2062Biden\u2019s decision to hold his\u2063 speech\u200c in Alaska instead of one of\u200b the attack sites\u2062 is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/us-marks-sept-11-attacks-with-pentagon-world-trade-center-site-events-2023-09-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">departure<\/a> from what is now considered\u2064 customary for the annual remembrance speech, though both\u2064 Barack\u2062 Obama and George W. Bush delivered one such \u2064speech from \u2063the White House.\n  <\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>    \u2063 There was \u200bnevertheless a smattering of government\u200b officials\u2063 from across the political spectrum at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matter-leader-says-some-black-critics-lifted-up-right-wing-propaganda-about-blm\/\" title=\"Black Lives Matter Leader Says Some Black Critics \u2018Lifted Up Right-Wing Propaganda About BLM\u2019\">annual commemoration<\/a>\u200b of the 9\/11 attacks \u2064in Manhattan, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sept-11-anniversary-new-york-harris-desantis-3fdf7d4282813ea54ac78a243a07af7b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">including<\/a> Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, New York Sen. Kirsten \u2064Gillibrand, New York City Mayor Eric Adams,\u200c former New York\u200d City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, \u200cand Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.\n  <\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>    \u200b  President \u2064Biden flew into \u200dAlaska earlier on Sept. 11\u2064 after concluding a five-day trip \u2062to \u200cIndia and Vietnam where he secured a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us-vietnam-elevate-ties-during-biden-visit-with-eye-china-2023-09-09\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">historic deal<\/a> that will help \u2064to ease American reliance on Chinese-built semiconductors.<br \/>\n \u200c\n  <\/div>\n<p>It is unlikely \u2062he could have \u200breached one of the attack sites \u200bin time to\u2063 deliver a speech.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that fact, and \u200bunderscored the Alaskan joint base \u2063had scrambled \u200bfighters\u200c on the\u2064 fateful day to help escort \u200bjetliners amid\u200d a chaotic shutdown of U.S. airspace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sept-11-biden-remembers-staring-down-at-the-gates-of-hell-calls-for-unity-and-resolve\/\" title=\"Sept. 11: Biden Recalls 'Gates of Hell', Urges Unity and Resolve\">military base \u200cisn\u2019<\/a>t located on Ground Zero, we know \u2063that distance did not \u200bdull or diminish\u200b the pain we felt all across the nation\u200b on Sept.11,\u201d\u2063 President Biden said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>    \u201cWe know that on this day every American\u2019s \u200bheart was \u2063wounded.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><b>Biden\u200c Calls For Unity,\u200b Resolve<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>    The 9\/11 attacks were the most deadly assault on U.S. soil since the 1941\u2063 attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which killed more than 2,400 Americans.\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<p>The attacks struck \u2064the two towers of \u2063the former \u200dWorld Trade Center, \u2063the Pentagon, and cost\u200c the lives of\u200d all\u2062 the passengers on \u2064board Flight 93 when they\u200c turned\u2063 on their \u200bhijackers over Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 3,000 people were killed \u200con \u200c9\/11, with many more since dying \u200dfrom exposure to toxic smoke or to elements of the \u2064crumbling buildings; or as part of the subsequent Global War on Terror.<\/p>\n<p>Despite such brutality, President Biden said, the ideals of\u2062 America\u2019s\u2063 founding remain \u200dintact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose terrorists could not touch what no force, no enemy, no day ever could.\u2062 That\u2062 is the soul \u200bof \u200dAmerica,\u201d President Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u2064 soul of America\u200d is based on a sacred proposition. That we\u2019re all\u2063 created \u2063equal, endowed by our creator with\u200b certain inalienable rights: life, liberty, \u200dand the pursuit of happiness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We \u2063haven\u2019t always lived\u2064 up to it, \u200dbut we\u2019ve never walked away from\u2062 that proposition either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To that end,\u2064 President Biden \u2064urged the \u200bAmerican \u2062people to seek unity and common \u2062purpose with one another \u2062despite their differences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden, speaking to U.S. service members in Alaska, emphasized the importance of remembering the horrific events of 9\/11. 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