Barack Obama Pays 9/11 Respects At Ground Zero -- The Guardian
US president remembers victims of Osama bin Laden at the site of 2001 World Trade Centre terrorist attacks
Barack Obama spoke no words as he laid a red, white and blue wreath at the centre of Ground Zero. But then he didn't need to: the location and the identity of the individuals gathered round him spoke for him.
The location was in the shade cast by the Survivor Tree, an oak that was recently planted at the World Trade Centre for a second time. The first time was in the 1970s, but the tree was later engulfed in rubble on 11 September 2001.
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