周一下午，乔·拜登总统在阿拉斯加举行了2001年9月11日恐怖袭击22周年纪念活动。
“在这个庄严的日子里，我和你们一起重申我们的神圣誓言:永远不要忘记，”拜登在安克雷奇的埃尔门多夫-理查森联合基地对服务人员、急救人员及其家属发表讲话时说。"当邪恶袭击纽约世贸中心时，每一条宝贵的生命都被过早地夺走了."
拜登说，恐怖袭击是美国国土上发生的最致命的袭击，“考验了我们的力量、决心和勇气。”
“但我们永远不会忘记，当面对邪恶和试图分裂我们的敌人时，我们忍受了，”总统说。“我们忍了。”
拜登此前在海外出席了在印度举行的20国集团(G20)峰会，并访问了越南，目的是在中国影响力日益上升之际，进一步巩固美国与亚洲关键伙伴的关系。
他于周一早上离开越南前往安克雷奇。越南总理范明钦对“9·11”袭击中“遭受的巨大损失”表示哀悼，拜登感谢他表达“同情和关切”。
拜登因没有参加在白宫、五角大楼或纽约的传统仪式而受到一些批评，包括前副总统迈克·彭斯在爱荷华州共和党候选人竞选活动中的讲话。
“我非常失望，乔·拜登总统不在世贸中心遗址、五角大楼或尚克斯维尔。我知道已经过去22年了，但是我认为现在是这个国家的领导人有能力报恩的时候，记住那些在那天死去的人，也记住那天塑造的英雄，记住过去22年的日常生活。
拜登在讲话中谈到了他的海外访问并在阿拉斯加停留，称这种访问是“我们将如何确保美国得到最广泛的盟友和伙伴的支持的重要部分，这些盟友和伙伴将与我们站在一起，确保我们的安全，为我们所有的孩子建立一个更安全的世界。”
“在所有的日子里，今天提醒我的是，这不是一个既定的，”他说。
副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯代表政府出席了周一上午在曼哈顿下城归零地举行的纪念仪式。她周围都是当地领导人，包括民主党州长凯西·霍楚尔、市长埃里克·亚当斯、参议院多数党领袖查克·舒默等人。
前纽约市长迈克尔·彭博、纽约市长埃里克·亚当斯、副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯和纽约州州长凯西·霍楚尔出席了纽约世贸中心遭受恐怖袭击22周年纪念仪式...显示更多undefined
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在两架飞机撞击世贸中心几十年后，确认遇难者身份的过程仍在继续。就在上周，两名新的受害者被确认为在双子塔遇难的2753人中的第1648名和第1649名受害者。
纽约市消防局本周还在纪念墙上增加了43个名字，以纪念袭击发生后死于救援和恢复工作相关疾病的消防队员、护理人员和文职支持人员。
当选总统的第一年，拜登参观了所有三个袭击地点。去年，他在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿的国家9/11五角大楼纪念馆发表了讲话。
拜登说:“虽然我们每年都纪念这个节日，但这从来都不容易。”。“这里的任何人或者全国各地的任何人哀悼失去的亲人，所有那些仍然承受着那个灼热的九月早晨的创伤的人，我知道这有多难。
"我们怎样才能重新揭开那个伤口?"拜登说。“就像在你胸口开了一个黑洞，又把你吸进去了，把你带回到你看到新闻的那一刻，你接到那个电话的那一刻。当你意识到你再也不会说“回头见，妈妈”或“回头见，儿子”的时候。"
拜登纪念了那天赶到世贸中心遗址的第一批救援人员，在五角大楼做出反应的平民和服务人员，93号航班上的“爱国者”乘客以及后来在阿富汗和伊拉克服役的人。
上周，拜登驳回了认罪协议的提议条件五名关塔那摩湾被拘留者涉嫌参与9月11日的恐怖袭击。
在周一的周年纪念日，第一夫人吉尔·拜登在阿灵顿的国家9/11五角大楼纪念碑前献了花圈，第二先生道格·艾姆霍夫前往宾夕法尼亚州尚克斯维尔参加93号航班的纪念活动。
近3000人在恐怖组织基地组织的一系列协同袭击中丧生。40人死于93号航班，184人在五角大楼丧生。
Biden criticized for marking 9/11 anniversary in Alaska
President Joe Biden marked the 22nd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in Alaska on Monday afternoon.
"I join you on this solemn day to renew our sacred vow: never forget," Biden said as he spoke to service members, first responders and their families at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage. "Each of those precious lives stolen too soon when evil attacked ground zero in New York."
Biden said the terrorist attacks, the deadliest ever carried out on U.S. soil, "tested our strength, our resolve and our courage."
"But we’ll never forget that when faced with evil and an enemy who sought to tear us apart, we endured," the president said. "We endured."
Biden had been overseas to attend the G20 summit in India and to visit Vietnam in an effort to further shore up U.S. relations with key partners in Asia amid China's rising influence.
He departed Vietnam early Monday morning for Anchorage. Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his condolences for the "tremendous losses incurred" during the Sept. 11 attacks, and Biden thanked him for expressing "sentiment and concern."
Biden has faced some criticism for not participating in traditional ceremonies at the White House, at the Pentagon or in New York, including former Vice President Mike Pence, speaking on the GOP candidate campaign trail in Iowa.
"I was very disappointed that President Joe Biden was not at ground zero or the Pentagon or in Shanksville. Look, I know it's been 22 years, but I think these are moments where the leader of this country has the ability to pay a debt of gratitude, to remember those that were lost the day, but also to remember the heroes that were forged that day, and everyday sense for the last 22 years," he said.
Biden addressed his visit abroad and stop in Alaska in his remarks, calling such trips "an essential part of how we’re going to ensure the United States is flanked by the broadest of allies and partners who will stand with us and assure our security, to build a world that is safer for all of our children."
"Today of all days, what I am reminded of is that it is not a given," he said.
Vice President Kamala Harris represented the administration at the commemoration ceremony at ground zero in lower Manhattan on Monday morning. She was surrounded by local leaders, including Democrats Gov. Kathy Hochul, Mayor Eric Adams, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and others.
The process of identifying the lives lost continues decades after two planes hit the World Trade Center. Just last week, two new victims were identified as the 1,648th and 1,649th victim of the 2,753 people killed at the Twin Towers.
The New York City Fire Department this week also added 43 names to a memorial wall remembering firefighters, paramedics and civilian support staff members who died from illnesses related to rescue and recovery efforts after the attack.
The first year of his presidency, Biden visited all three attack sites. Last year, he delivered remarks at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial in Arlington, Virginia.
"While every year we mark this holiday, it is never easy," Biden said. "Anyone here or across the country mourning a lost loved one, all of those who still bear the wounds from that searing September morning, I know how hard it is.
"How can we reopen up that wound?" Biden said. "It's like opening a black hole in your chest, sucking you into it again, bringing you back to that moment when you saw the news, the moment you got that phone call. The moment you realized you’d never say again, 'See you later mom' or 'talk to you soon, son.'"
Biden commemorated the first responders who rushed to ground zero that day, civilians and service members who responded at the Pentagon and the "patriot" passengers on Flight 93 as well as those who later served in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Last week, Bidenrejected proposed conditions for a plea dealfor five Guantanamo Bay detainees for their alleged roles aiding in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
On Monday's anniversary, first lady Jill Biden laid a wreath at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial in Arlington and second gentleman Doug Emhoff traveled to Shanksville, Pennsylvania, for a memorial observance for Flight 93.
Nearly 3,000 people were killed that in a string of coordinated attacks by the terrorist group al-Qaida. Forty individuals died on Flight 93 and 184 lives were lost at the Pentagon.
