9/11 families gather at World Trade Center and Pentagon to remember victims on 25th anniversary – US politics live

Victims of those killed in September 11 attacks honored at memorials across the US On 11 September, 25 years ago, Osama bin Laden drove with a small number of al-Qaida retainers and aides to a remote location in eastern Afghanistan.

His convoy of SUVs was accompanied by a minivan converted into a makeshift communications centre. The van’s rudimentary equipment did not allow Bin Laden to watch the 19 men he had started sending to the US more than a year…