Trump praises 'supreme sacrifice' of troops at 9/11 commemoration

President Trump attended a somber 9/11 commemoration Friday at the Flight 93 memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, saying America owes an “immeasurable debt” to the more than 7,000 military service members who have given their lives around the world since the terrorist attacks 19 years ago.

“We express our undying loyalty to the nearly 6 million young men and women who have enlisted in the United States Armed Forces since September 11, 2001,” the president said.

Trump said, “No words can express the summit of their glory or the infinite depth of our gratitude.

The president and first lady Melania Trump visited the memorial at the site where United Flight 93 crashed in a field at 10:03 a.m.

Trump said of the attacks on that day, “the battle turned in the skies above this field.”.

“They did the most American of things — they took a vote, and then they acted,” the president said of the Flight 93 passengers.

Trump said the heroes of Flight 93 “are an everlasting reminder that no matter the danger, no matter the threat, no matter the odds, America will always rise up, stand tall, and fight back.”

Stephen Clark, superintendent of the Flight 93 National Memorial, said the passengers on Flight 93 were strangers who “came together in this national moment of uncertainty.”

Biden, who attended a 9/11 remembrance ceremony in New York, was to visit the memorial in Shanksville later Friday