Terry Strada, whose husband was killed in the World Trade Center on Sept.11, 2001, said Friday during the 25th anniversary ceremony at Ground Zero that Saudi Arabia continues to evade responsibility for the terrorist attacks.Strada went on to accuse the U.S.
government of "protecting" Saudi Arabia, saying "administration after administration" had failed the victims' families over the last quarter-century."The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia fomented a rancid culture of anti-American terrorism around the globe, and then sent its agents to support the radical Islamist hijackers so they could attack you and all of our loved ones," said Strada, the national chair of 9/11 Families United."But for 25 years, administration after administration, including leaders in front of us here today, chose to protect the Saudis instead of standing with the 9/11 families," Strada added.Terry Strada, national chair of 9/11 Families United, speaks during a memorial on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on Sept.11, 2026, in New York.
(AP Photo/Pamela Smith)I LOST MY WIFE ON 9/11.PLEASE LET THIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY BELONG TO THE FAMILIESShe also addressed Vice President JD Vance, the most senior Trump administration official to attend the ceremony in Lower Manhattan. President Donald Trump spoke at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia."It has been one betrayal after another.
President Trump can still change that.Tell the Saudis to stop lying.
Tell them that if they want to be friends with the USA, they cannot continue to deny all of this," Strada said."Vice President Vance, thank you for being here today.
Please carry that message back.Stand with the families.
Stand with the survivors.Stand with Americans."Strada's husband, Tom Strada, was on the 104th floor of the North Tower when it was struck by American Airlines Flight 11, Strada told WPTV in an interview on the 20th anniversary of 9/11.Tom Strada, 41, worked at Cantor Fitzgerald and days before attacks, he and his wife had...