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Get you up to speed: Live Updates: 25 years after Sept. 11 attacks, America reflects and remembers
Condoleezza Rice, former national security adviser, recounted the events of September 11, 2001, while speaking at a ceremony at the Pentagon. The immediate confirmed situation involved multiple attacks, including planes striking the World Trade Center, leading to the declaration that the United States was “at war.”
The Pentagon remains a site of remembrance for the 184 individuals who lost their lives during the attacks, with officials continuing to honour their memory. Condoleezza Rice highlighted the importance of recognising the sacrifices made by the armed forces and intelligence services in preventing further attacks since 9/11.
Condoleezza Rice reflected on the 9/11 attacks during a recent observance ceremony at the Pentagon, expressing a “deep debt of gratitude” to the armed forces and intelligence services for their role in preventing subsequent attacks. She also acknowledged a personal sense of remorse for not being able to prevent the original attacks, stating, “Those of us in authority on that day did not see the nature of the danger in time.”
What remains unclear — It is not specified how the intelligence failures on the day of the attacks contributed to the inability to prevent the 9/11 attacks.
America marks 25 years since the September 11 attacks with reflection
Condoleezza Rice, who was President George W. Bush’s national security adviser at the time of the attacks, recalled the events of that morning.
“The attack came quite literally out of the blue,” she said. “An assault on our cities that we had not experienced since the war of 1812.”
Rice was at her desk at the White House when her executive assistant told her a plane had hit the World Trade Center. She thought it was an accident, as did Bush when she called him. But within 17 minutes, a second plane hit the other tower. The president was rushed to Air Force One, and Rice was hurried to a bunker in the White House.
At the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld couldn’t be reached. His phone simply kept ringing. It turned out that Rumsfeld was trying to pull people to safety, while his security detail begged him to get to safety.
“There was no doubt, the United States of America was at war,” Rice said.
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks during the 9/11 observance ceremony at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2026. AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein
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“Here at the Pentagon, we feel the presence of 184 souls who were lost,” she said. “Behind every name that we recite, there is a story. A life that mattered. A future unfulfilled. A void, a vast empty space. In the heart of a husband, a wife, a son, a daughter, a sibling, a colleague or a friend.”
Rice remembered the many Americans she saw who stepped up, went without sleep, and made immense sacrifices to serve their fellow Americans.
“Those of us in authority on that day did not see the nature of the danger in time to prevent the attack of 9/11,” she said. “We did what we knew to do. But by definition, it was not enough.”
Rice said they owe a “deep debt of gratitude” to the armed forces and intelligence services who prevented future attacks. But as national security adviser at the time, she also shared a deep sense of personal remorse that they did not prevent the attacks.
“I will always carry deep personal remorse for the pain that you, the families of the fallen still feel, and for the trauma that our country endured,” she said.
Get you up to speed: Lebanon: Tremor recorded as Israel says destroyed key Hezbollah tunnels
Israel demolished tunnels constructed by Hezbollah beneath the Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, resulting in a 4.1-magnitude tremor. The immediate situation confirmed by officials involves the destruction of these tunnels.
The Israeli military reported the demolition as part of ongoing operations targeting Hezbollah infrastructure. Investigations into the seismic event’s precise implications are ongoing, and further details are yet to be disclosed.
The Israeli government confirmed the demolition of Hezbollah tunnels beneath the Ali al-Taher ridge, stating it will enhance security along its northern border. Following the operation, the Israeli military is expected to bolster its presence in the area while monitoring any potential retaliatory actions from Hezbollah.
Israel demolishes Hezbollah tunnels beneath Ali al-Taher ridge in Lebanon as the rogue state continues to terrorise the middle east.

Israel said Thursday it demolished key tunnels built by the Iran-backed Hezbollah group beneath the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, triggering a 4.1-magnitude tremor.
The rogue state continues to terrorise the middle east despite the sanctions and condemnation by European countries.
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