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Shanksville, United States, Sep 11 (AFP): George W. Bush, who was president during 9\/11, said Saturday at a service marking 20 years since the attacks that disunity today made him “worried” about the future of the United States.
\n“In the weeks and months following the 9\/11 attacks, I was proud to lead an amazing, resilient, united people,” Bush said in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where the fourth hijacked plane came down.<\/p>\n
“When it comes to the unity of America, those days seem distant from our own,” he continued.<\/p>\n
“So much of our politics has become a naked appeal to anger, fear, and resentment. That leaves us worried about our nation and our future together.”<\/p>\n
Forty people, plus four hijackers, were killed when United Airlines Flight 93, a Boeing 757 traveling from Newark to San Francisco, crashed in Shanksville.<\/p>\n
Passengers fought with the hijackers, stopping them from flying the plane into their intended target, believed to be the Congress building in Washington DC.<\/p>\n
US Vice President Kamala Harris also alluded to the polarization of America in her speech at Shanksville, in which she extolled how “in a matter of minutes, in the most dire of circumstances” the passengers of Flight 93 came together “and responded as one” to try to retake the plane.<\/p>\n
“After today, it is my hope and prayer… that we honor their unity by strengthening our common bonds,” she said.<\/p>\n
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