US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump paid tribute to the people aboard Flight 93 who, on September 11, 2001, fought the plane’s hijackers who planned to ram the aircraft into the US Capitol in Washington, DC, but instead ended up crashing in rural Pennsylvania.
"Flight 93 was hijacked by evil men bent on terror and conquest. Passengers and crew members began using their phones to call home. In the last 20 minutes, many placed their final calls home, whispering those eternal words, I love you. Some said the Lord’s prayer, and then they bravely charged the cockpit," Trump said as quoted by The Daily Caller, during a speech delivered at the memorial in Shanksville where the plane crashed.
"A piece of America’s heart is buried on these grounds, but in its place has grown a new resolve to live our lives with the same grace and courage as the heroes of Flight 93," he said.
Trump also declared that the plane crash site served as a monument to "American defiance," the media outlet added.
Twitter users displayed mixed reactions to Trump’s appearance. Some praised the president for paying tribute to the crew and passengers of the ill-fated airliner.
Others, however, apparently did not believe in Trump’s sincerity and instead used the speech as an opportunity to attack him.