Nigel Farage

Today marks 25 years since the September 11th Islamic terror attacks on the United States. Nearly 3,000 innocent people were murdered that morning, among them 67 of our fellow Britons. Today, we remember those who lost their lives, and indeed the extraordinary courage of those on Flight 93 who fought back. Their bravery prevented an even greater atrocity. Many of us have spent our lives believing in the special historic and ancestral bonds between Britain and America. For us, 9/11 was not just an attack on New York and Washington, but an attack on the free world. I also want us to remember the firefighters, police, paramedics, and others who ran towards the danger to try and help their fellow man. Many of them gave their lives that day. Others spent weeks and even months working in the rubble, and have since paid a price through illnesses that have changed their lives forever. They sacrificed their entire futures to try and help those around them. We must never ever forget that bravery and spirit. A quarter of a century has passed, but time must not be allowed to dull our memory of what happened, why it happened, or the ideology that inspired it. Britain stood with America then. We remember with America today.