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US ambassador reflects on ‘outpouring’ of support from Britons in wake of 9/11
Warren Stephens laid a wreath and said Britons left more than 1,000 tributes in the U.S. Embassy archives after the attacks.
- On Friday, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom Warren Stephens and his wife Harriet honored the 67 British citizens killed in the 9/11 terror attacks 25 years ago by laying a wreath at the London Memorial Garden.
- Nearly 3,000 people died when hijacked passenger jets struck the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon, claiming victims from more than 90 nations in the worst terrorist outrage of all time.
- Stephens reflected on the friendship Britons showed with an "outpouring of letters and flowers," noting that more than 1,000 tributes remain in the archives of the US embassy in London.
- The Prime Minister stated the UK and US "stand together in memory of those we lost," while Andy Burnham warned that terror "still knocks at the door of democracy."
- Commemorations occur amid strained ties under President Donald Trump's White House regarding the Iran war, testing long-standing bonds despite the historic invocation of Nato's "all for one, and one for all" collective security clause.
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Andy Burnham leaves personal message at London 9/11 memorial as US Ambassador leads tributes on attack anniversary
Andy Burnham left a personal message and a wreath at the London 9/11 memorial gardens, marking 25 years since the terror attacks that shocked the world.US Ambassador Warren Stephens and his wife, Harriet, led the commemorations in the gardens and were filmed laying a wreath. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the attack, carried out by Islamist terrorists on behalf of Osama Bin Laden, including 67 Britons. Leaving his own wreath at the memorial,…
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