Article snippet: terrorist attacks. "For the families with us on this anniversary, we know that not a single day goes by when you don't think about the loved ones stolen from your life," Trump said at the ceremony. "Today, our entire nation grieves with you and with every family of those 2,977 innocent souls who were murdered by terrorists 16 years ago." "On that day not only did the world change, but we all changed," Trump said. "Our eyes were opened to the depths of the evil we faced, but in that hour of darkness we also came together with renewed purpose. Our differences never looked so small, our common bonds never felt so strong." the Pentagon. The president also laid a wreath at the 9/11 memorial at the Pentagon. Trump offered the nation's prayers to the states in the path of Hurricane Irma and recovering from Hurricane Harvey. At 9:37 a.m. today, the exact time when American Airlines Flight 77, carrying 64 people on a flight bound for Los Angeles, was flown into the side of the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2011, the president led a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House. It’s the first time Trump has led a Sept. 11 commemoration ceremony as commander in chief. Meanwhile, the president was to receive “a comprehensive picture of the terrorist threat environment and what we're doing to counter it from his senior officials on 9/11,” Homeland Security adviser Tom Bossert told reporters at the White House on Friday. “No terrorist should view us... Link to the full article to read more