New Video Emerges 22 Years After The 9/11 Attacks

 

WNU Editor: For more info on the above video .... Mysterious 9/11 video that emerged on YouTube 20 years after atrocity (Mirror). 

WNU Editor: I was in my office 22 years ago when I noticed that the browser on my computer was very slow. I was trying to load CNN, and it would just not load. My guess was that CNN's servers had crashed, but I could not load any other news services like the BBC, CBC, France24, AP, etc.. That was when I knew something was wrong. 

I was finally able to load some news from the CBC, and it was then that I knew what was happening. While wondering how could a passenger plane pilot make such a catastrophic mistake, news of a second plane hitting the next tower was being reported. I knew right away that the U.S. was under a coordinated attack, and I made the decision to go home. 

While driving home I called my brother who was living in California to tell him that the U.S. mainland was under attack. After a minute my connection to him died. I learned later from my brother that when I called him I actually woke him up (it was 6:45am his time), and by telling him that New York and Washington were under attack his first thought was that a nuclear attack was underway. 

Getting home I had 3 VCRs, and I started to record the news from the CBC, ABC News, and NBC. I knew history was happening, and I wanted my own archive. I recorded the news from those channels for the next 36 hours, and when finished I took the tapes and put them aside to look at them later. 

Twenty-two years later, I took the tapes out last night, and watched some of it for the first time. 

Sighhhh .... 

It does not get old. It feels like yesterday.

Remembering 9/11

The towers of the World Trade Center pour smoke shortly after being struck by hijacked commercial aircraft, September 11, 2001. REUTERS/Brad Rickerby  

WNU Editor: The above picture is form this photo-gallery .... Defining images from the 9/11 attacks (Reuters). Hard to believe that it is already 22 years.

Plea Deals For 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed And Fellow Co-Conspirators Being Considered By The U.S. Government

United Flight 175, moments before striking the World Trade Center's South Tower (Robert Clark, AP)  

Daily Mail: Architect of 9/11 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and fellow co-conspirators may be spared death penalty under new plea deal being considered by federal gov 

* The Pentagon and FBI have advised families of some of the thousands killed that agreements without the death penalty are under consideration 

* It comes eleven and a half years after military prosecutors and defense lawyers began exploring a negotiated resolution to the case 

* The suspects behind the 2001 attacks were captured at various times and places in 2002 and 2003 and sent to Guantanamo for trial in 2006 

The suspected architects behind the 9/11 terror attacks may never face the death penalty under new plea agreements being considered. 

The Pentagon and FBI have advised families of some of the thousands killed that the agreements are under consideration to try and bring an end to their more than decade-long prosecution. 

The move has angered some family members of the nearly 3,000 people killed outright in the terror attacks. 

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Plea Deals For 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed And Fellow Co-Conspirators Being Considered By The U.S. Government

Plea negotiations could mean no 9/11 defendants face the death penalty, the US tells families -- AP  

Pentagon considering plea deals for defendants in 9/11 attacks -- CBS News 

9/11 defendants may never face death penalty, families told -- The Hill 

9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and co-conspirators may avoid death penalty in new plea deal -- SKY News 

Biden administration tells 9/11 families that attack mastermind, 4 others could be spared death penalty -- NYPost  

9/11 Families Told That Plotters May Not Face Death Penalty -- Zero Hedge

The Last Sunrise Between The Twin Towers (Photo Gallery)

(Click on Image to Enlarge) 6:30 a.m.: Early in the morning on Sept. 11, 2001, Reinhard Karger awoke on his brother's sailboat, moored at a marina across the water from the World Trade Center. The sun has not yet risen when Karger photographs the skyline of Manhattan, complete with the twin towers. Reinhard Karger

 

A Unique Perspective On Sept. 11: The Last Sunrise Between The Twin Towers -- Spiegel Online

He came to New York for vacation, but became a witness to the most devastating terror attack the world had ever seen. Reinhard Karger documented the disaster from a marina across the water from the World Trade Center and shared his story with SPIEGEL ONLINE. In the summer of 2001, my brother was living on a sailboat in New York Harbor. For one week, I went to visit him there to relax and sail a bit. I wanted to shop in Manhattan, and enjoy the last warm days of summer. The views were dazzling. 

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 WNU Editor: The photo gallery starts here.

9/11 Video Tribute

Agnus Dei -- Video Tribute 9/11

Why I Will Never Forget This Day

N E V E R

F O R G E T pic.twitter.com/COpbe6weMW

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 11, 2021

On the 20 year anniversary, 9/11 survivors recount their experiences of that fatal day. pic.twitter.com/9ItE9zALjg

— LADbible (@ladbible) September 11, 2021

The 9/11 photos we will never forget https://t.co/nwZv6CRvJ3

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 11, 2021

Newspaper Headlines From Around The World 24 Hours After 9/11

Business Insider: 'AMERICA'S DARKEST DAY': See newspaper headlines from around the world 24 hours after 9/11

* Tuesday is the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
* The day after the attacks, newspapers around the world reacted by capturing the sadness, shock, and horror people felt.
* We compiled front pages from American and international newspapers to show what people woke up to on September 12, 2001.

The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks happened exactly 17 years ago Tuesday.

For many people, the attacks were the biggest news story of their lifetime. Almost all who experienced it can remember where they were when they heard of the attacks.

Many people who remember that day also recall the following morning, when newspapers around the world captured the horror, shock, and sadness people felt.

The Newseum, a museum in Washington, DC, that chronicles the history of media, archived more than 100 newspapers from September 12, 2001, the day after the attacks. The front pages of these newspapers, bearing headlines like "ACT OF WAR" and "AMERICA'S DARKEST DAY," underscore the impact the attacks had on the American psyche.

Here is what newspapers looked like the day after September 11, 2001.

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WNU Editor: 21 years .... sighhhh .... to me it does not feel that 20 years have already passed.

Remembering 9/11 -- List Of Links, Tributes, Videos, Pictures And Resources

WNU Editor: I posted this last year .... so here it is again.

COMPLETE LIST OF 9/11 RESOURCES, TRIBUTES, VIDEOS AND LINKS

9/11 TIMELINE

Day of 9/11 Timeline – An excellent illustrated and detailed Timeline by Paul Thomas
NYT Accounts From Different Floors In WTC


MEMORIALS – REMEMBERING THE FALLEN

C N N Memorial – Victims of 911
CNN’s Memorial List of 9/11 Victims
Department of Defense Memorial Page
USA Today: Flight 93 Victims
USA Today: Names of Victims on the Airplanes


WEB SITES DEDICATED TO 9/11

911 Digital Archive
911 By The Numbers – New York Magazine
America’s Day Of Terror – B B C News
CNN Special -- 911
Library Of Congress – 911
Musarium Photo: America Attacked
New York City Damage Report – From C N N
September 11, 2001 – Wikipedia
September 11, 2001 Archive Of Screenshots of Online News Sites
Newspaper Front Pages The Day After September 11
Times Magazine Coverage of 911


THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECHES

September 11 Address to the Nation
September 20 Address to Joint Session of Congress and the Nation
November 10 Speech To The U.N.
Timeline and links to President Bush's speeches and pictures


LINKS TO 9/11 IN PICTURES

Black Day – Images From 9/11
Bill Biggart's Final Exposures -- His body and camera were found at Ground Zero
9/11 Images
9/11 Research
September 11News.com
The Twin Towers, Before and After
A startling deck of high-resolution photos of the WTC site, most of which I do not remember seeing before.


VIDEO CLIPS AND MEMORIALS ON 9/11

New Police Helicopter Video From September 11 Attack Released
An excellent video memorial from YouTube
CNN Video Archive Of September 11, 2007
YouTube – 9/11 Videos


LAST WORDS OF A TERRORIST
Mohamed Atta’s Four Page Letter

Rick Rescorla Saved 2700 Lives 21 Years Ago Today

Never Yet Melted: 19 Years Ago: Rick Rescorla Saved 2700 Lives

Born in Hayle, Cornwall, May 27, 1939, to a working-class family, Rescorla joined the British Army in 1957, serving three years in Cyprus. Still eager for adventure, after army service, Rescorla enlisted in the Northern Rhodesia Police.

Ultimately finding few prospects for advancement in Britain or her few remaining colonies, Rescorla moved to the United States, and joined the US Army in 1963. After graduating from Officers’ Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1964, he was assigned as a platoon leader to Bravo Company of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry, Third Brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). Rescorla’s serious approach to training and his commitment to excellence led to his men to apply to him the nickname “Hard Corps.”

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Hat Tip To James.

Remembering The Falling Man

Richard Drew, AP

Tom Junod, Esquire: The Falling Man

An unforgettable story.

Do you remember this photograph? In the United States, people have taken pains to banish it from the record of September 11, 2001. The story behind it, though, and the search for the man pictured in it, are our most intimate connection to the horror of that day.

In the picture, he departs from this earth like an arrow. Although he has not chosen his fate, he appears to have, in his last instants of life, embraced it. If he were not falling, he might very well be flying. He appears relaxed, hurtling through the air. He appears comfortable in the grip of unimaginable motion. He does not appear intimidated by gravity's divine suction or by what awaits him. His arms are by his side, only slightly outriggered. His left leg is bent at the knee, almost casually. His white shirt, or jacket, or frock, is billowing free of his black pants. His black high-tops are still on his feet. In all the other pictures, the people who did what he did—who jumped—appear to be struggling against horrific discrepancies of scale. They are made puny by the backdrop of the towers, which loom like colossi, and then by the event itself. Some of them are shirtless; their shoes fly off as they flail and fall; they look confused, as though trying to swim down the side of a mountain. The man in the picture, by contrast, is perfectly vertical, and so is in accord with the lines of the buildings behind him. He splits them, bisects them: Everything to the left of him in the picture is the North Tower; everything to the right, the South. Though oblivious to the geometric balance he has achieved, he is the essential element in the creation of a new flag, a banner composed entirely of steel bars shining in the sun. Some people who look at the picture see stoicism, willpower, a portrait of resignation; others see something else—something discordant and therefore terrible: freedom. There is something almost rebellious in the man's posture, as though once faced with the inevitability of death, he decided to get on with it; as though he were a missile, a spear, bent on attaining his own end. He is, fifteen seconds past 9:41 a.m. EST, the moment the picture is taken, in the clutches of pure physics, accelerating at a rate of thirty-two feet per second squared. He will soon be traveling at upwards of 150 miles per hour, and he is upside down. In the picture, he is frozen; in his life outside the frame, he drops and keeps dropping until he disappears.

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WNU Editor: My must read post for today.

Remembering 9/11

The second tower of the World Trade Center bursts into flames after being hit by a hijacked airplane, September 11, 2001. REUTERS/Sara K. Schwittek  

WNU Editor: The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... Defining images from the 9/11 attacks (Reuters).

Guantanamo Bay Detainee Linked To 9/11 Allowed To Return To Saudi Arabia After 20 Years

Mohammad Ahmad al-Qahtani(Twitter) 

Daily Mail: 'This is a threat to national security': Marco Rubio joins families of 9/11 victims to slam Biden for releasing 20th terrorist hijacker back to Saudi Arabia for 'mental health' treatment 

* Mohammad Ahmad al-Qahtani, 46, was released from a Guantanamo Bay prison after 20 years and sent back to Saudi Arabia for psychiatric treatment 

* A panel of military and intelligence experts determined that he was no longer a danger to the U.S. 

* Al-Qahtani missed being one of the hijackers after being detained on immigration charges 

* Angela Mistrulli, whose father Joseph die in the World Trade Center, said Biden is 'fertilizing the ground for another terrorist attack' 

* Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who had warned against the release, slammed the president for the release 

Families of 9/11 victims and Republicans expressed outrage as the so-called 9/11 '20th hijacker' was released from Guantanamo Bay prison and sent back to Saudi Arabia for psychiatric treatment. 

Would-be terrorist Mohammad Ahmad al-Qahtani, 46, who reportedly missed boarding a plane to fly into the World Trade Center because he was detained by authorities on immigration charges, was shipped back to his native country, Pentagon officials said Monday.  

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WNU Editor: No surprise that the 9/11 families are not happy. 

Guantanamo Bay Detainee Linked To 9/11 Allowed To Return To Saudi Arabia After 20 Years  

Guantanamo Bay Detainee Transfer Announced -- US Department of Defense  

US sends home suspected ’20th hijacker’ from Guantanamo -- AP 

DOD: Gitmo detainee who sought to participate in 9/11 sent home to Saudi Arabia -- The Hill  

Guantanamo detainee repatriated to mental health facility in Saudi Arabia after being tortured and held by US government for over 20 years -- CNN 

Pentagon says Guantanamo detainee accused of being linked to 9/11 transferred to Saudi Arabia -- CBS

Guantanamo Bay detainee allowed to return to Saudi Arabia after 20 years -- The Guardian

Taliban And 9/11 Families Fight For Billions In Frozen Afghan Funds At The US Federal Reserve

The memorial plaza for Sept. 11 victims in Lower Manhattan. For technical reasons, thousands of spouses and children of those killed in the attacks have not received payments from a compensation fund set up by Congress.Credit...Dave Sanders for The New York Times  

New York Times: Taliban and 9/11 Families Fight for Billions in Frozen Afghan Funds  

The White House must figure out what to do with the Afghan central bank’s account at the Federal Reserve, now blocked under U.S. law. 

WASHINGTON — Nearly 20 years ago, about 150 family members of Sept. 11 victims sought a measure of justice for their losses by suing a list of targets like Al Qaeda and the Taliban. A decade later, a court found the defendants liable by default and ordered them to pay damages now worth about $7 billion. 

But with no way to collect it, the judgment seemed symbolic. 

Today, however, the Taliban are back in control of Afghanistan. The group’s leaders say their country’s central bank account at the Federal Reserve in New York, in which the former government accumulated about $7 billion from foreign aid and other sources, is rightfully theirs. And that in turn has raised a question: If the money is the Taliban’s, shouldn’t the plaintiffs in the Sept. 11 lawsuit be entitled to seize it? 

High-level officials in the Biden administration are now debating the answer to that question, which presents a complex knot of national security, legal, diplomatic and political problems — the latest example of how thorny issues stemming from the terrorist attacks remain unresolved more than two decades later. 

Among the specifics to be worked out is whether and how the United States can sidestep any legal requirement to recognize the Taliban as the legitimate Afghan government in order to use the money in the central bank account to help resolve the claim by the Sept. 11 families. 

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WNU Editor: It will be a grave moral injustice if the 9/11 families are ignored and this money is given to the same group and their allies who were responsible for 9/11 and the misery that they have caused. The fact that the Biden administration is having this debate when the moral and right thing to do is so clear is incomprehensible. And what is even more maddening is that the funds that are currently frozen at the US Federal Reserve is primarily US tax funded aid money given to the Afghan government before its fall.

FBI Releases First Declassified 9/11 Document

 

Daily Mail: FBI releases first secret 9/11 file: Saudi embassy official let two hijackers stay at his apartment and helped them in LA before the attack, was 'facilitator' for Al-Qaeda and distributed extremist Muslim literature 

* The newly-released document details a 2015 FBI interview with a staffer who worked at the Saudi Consulate in Los Angeles prior to the 9/11 attacks 

* The man is only referred to in the document as PII 

* PII is accused of helping 9/11 hijackers Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar shortly after they arrived in the United States 

* Families of 9/11 victims are eager to probe potential Saudi government links to the attack 

The FBI has released its first declassified 9/11 document exactly 20 years after the deadly terror attack which claimed the lives of 2,996 people. 

The document was published Saturday evening, a week after President Biden signed an executive order directing the agency to make the secret files available to the public for the first time. 

The order to release the documents came amid significant pressure from the families of 9/11 victims, who are eager to probe potential Saudi government links to the attack. 

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WNU Editor: Just read the released FBI document (link here). It is 16 pages long, and it is heavily redacted. President Biden promised the 9/11 families that he would release all pertinent 9/11 documents, but this first document is heavily blacked out. 

More News On The FBI Releasing Its First Declassified 9/11 Document  

FBI releases newly declassified record on Sept. 11 attacks -- AP  

FBI releases declassified 9/11 document after Biden order -- CNBC/Reuters  

FBI's investigation into 9/11: First document released following Biden's promise to declassify materials -- CBS FBI releases first 9/11 document after Biden order -- CNN  

FBI releases newly declassified 9/11 document 20 years after attacks -- FOX News  

9/11 attacks: FBI declassifies document into Saudi links to attackers -- Middle East Eye  

FBI releases declassified document on September 11 attack -- DW  

Biden Declassifies Secret FBI Report Detailing Saudi Nationals' Connections To 9/11 -- NPR

FBI releases declassified document on 9/11 attacks -- Axios

9/11 Heroes Welcome Former President Trump At NYPD's 17th Precinct In Midtown Manhattan

 

Daily Mail: Trump thanks NYPD and FDNY officers on 20th anniversary of 9/11 having decided NOT to make his own solo trip to Ground Zero after Clinton, Obama and Biden attended ceremony for families 

* Donald Trump surprised officers at NYPD's 17th Precinct in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, Saturday 

* He posed for photos with a group of cops and held a brief question and answer session 

* Trump said very little about America's darkest day when almost 3,000 Americans were killed 

* He took aim at Joe Biden over the 'embarrassment' of his Afghanistan withdrawal, pushed his claim the 2020 election was 'rigged' and plugged his 2024 White House run 

* Biden was joined by former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama at Ground Zero Saturday morning 

* Former President George W. Bush, a Republican, spoke at the Flight 93 memorial site in Shanksville 

Donald Trump paid a visit to NYPD and FDNY officers on the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, shunning a trip to Ground Zero - one day after reports claimed he would visit the site. 

The former president surprised officers at NYPD's 17th Precinct in East Midtown in Manhattan, New York City, Saturday afternoon where he posed for photos with a group of cops and held a brief question and answer session. 

Trump said very little about America's darkest day when almost 3,000 Americans were killed in four coordinated attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a fourth plane which went down in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

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Update #1: Trump pays tribute to 9/11 during visit to New York police precinct, hints at 2024 run (FOX News) 

Update #2: Trump hits Biden, vows 'America will be made great again' in 9/11 remembrance (Washington Examiner)  

WNU Editor: A lot of surprised cops and spectators.

President Bush Speaks At Shanksville 9/11 Ceremony

 

Daily Mail: George W. Bush uses his 9/11 anniversary speech in Shanksville to condemn 'violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home' and says they are 'children of the same foul spirit' 

* Former President George W. Bush said there is 'little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home' except for their 'disregard of human life' 

* He also told veterans and servicemembers that their sacrifices in the War on Terror weren't for nothing 

* He also pushed the nation to display the same unity that was present in the days after September 11 2001 

* Bush was less than one year into his presidency when 2,977 Americans were killed in the terrorist attacks 

* He addressed victims' family members Saturday morning at the memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania 

* He was joined by Vice President Kamala Harris who also called for 'unity' across the nation 

Former President George W. Bush used his 9/11 anniversary speech in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Saturday to condemn 'violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home,' calling them 'children of the same foul spirit.' 

Bush also used his address to tell veterans and servicemembers that their sacrifices in the War on Terror weren't for nothing and pushed the nation to display the same sort of unity that was present in the days after September 11 2001. 'Many Americans struggled to understand why an enemy would hate us with such zeal,' Bush said.  

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Update: Former President Bush likens U.S. extremists to foreign terrorists (CNBC)  

WNU Editor: No remarks from the former President on Afghanistan.

Presidents Biden, Obama, And Clinton Attend 9/11 Commemorations

 

Daily Mail: Biden and Harris lay wreaths to end solemn day of 9/11 commemorations on 20th anniversary: Clinton and Obama joined Biden earlier at Ground Zero and Bush warned of 'domestic and foreign extremists' 

* President Joe Biden arrived at Ground Zero Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks 

* He was joined by President Barack Obama and Bill Clinton and former first ladies Michelle Obama and ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton 

* House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, along with other public officials, were on hand 

* Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani attended - with former President Donald Trump expected to make a solo trip to the Manhattan site 

* Biden didn't speak at the ceremony in New York, releasing a video tribute Friday 

* Later, Biden will travel to Shanksville, Pennsylvania and then the Pentagon - where he'll lay wreaths at the other two sites Americans perished on 9/11 

* Former President George W. Bush, who was president during the attacks, delivered remarks in Shanksville condemning 'violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home' 

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visited all three sites Saturday where terrorists killed Americans on September 11, 2001, marking the 20th anniversary of the attacks. 

The Bidens woke up in New York and joined the Clintons and the Obamas at a ceremony at Ground Zero, before traveling to Shanksville, Pennsylvania and then the Pentagon for wreath-laying services. 

'These memorials are really important. But they’re also incredibly difficult for the people affected by them, because it brings back the moment they got the phone call, it brings back the instant they got the news, no matter how years go by,' Biden told reporters in Pennsylvania.  

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WNU Editor: A difficult day for many.

U.S. Commemorates The 20th Anniversary Of 9/11 (Live)

Tweets On 9/11

America marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11 with solemn ceremonies given added poignancy by the recent chaotic withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and return to power of the Taliban https://t.co/V8fvVChWLL pic.twitter.com/UId8Gq820r

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) September 11, 2021

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American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the World Trade Center North Tower 1/9 pic.twitter.com/Ad4KHLb3qz

— Reuters (@Reuters) September 10, 2021

Americans will mark the 20th anniversary of #September11 on Saturday with troops finally gone from Afghanistan, but national discord -- and for President Biden, political peril -- are overshadowing any sense of closure https://t.co/HD3q2nQrNS By @HutchisonPeter, @SebastianAFP

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) September 10, 2021

It was a day of indelible images — apocalyptic, surreal, violent, ghostly, both monumental and profoundly personal. Twenty years later, @AP has curated 20 of its photographers’ frames from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. https://t.co/nLqs1rwIdO

— The Associated Press (@AP) September 10, 2021

The Pentagon’s 9/11 spotlights gave a nice reflection off the pond on the Mall. (That one with the willow trees.) pic.twitter.com/nOeOfJkNiG

— Kevin Baron (@DefenseBaron) September 11, 2021

20 years after 9/11, most see some success in efforts against terrorism, but threats remain - CBS News poll https://t.co/ETduva1VAE

— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 11, 2021

The St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church once stood as a quiet oasis amid New York’s soaring financial district. On 9/11, it was the only house of worship destroyed.

Now a new church is almost complete, after years of bureaucratic and financial woes. https://t.co/ZRdffSxfVp

— The Associated Press (@AP) September 10, 2021