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20th Anniversary of 9/11: Paying Tribute Through Good Deeds

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Speaking at the Pentagon on Sunday, President Joe Biden called on Americans to stand up for democracy on days beyond the anniversary.

Two decades and one year after the deadliest terror attack on US soil, the country remembered 9/11 with tear-choked tributes and pleas to "never forget".

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Bonita Mentis set out to read victims' names at the Ground Zero ceremony wearing a necklace with a photo of her slain sister, Shevonne, a 25-year-old Guyanese immigrant who worked for a financial firm.

"It's been 21 years, but it's not 21 years for us. It seems like just yesterday," Mentis said on Sunday. "The wounds are still fresh."

"No matter how many years have passed, nobody can actually comprehend that what happened that very day," she added.

Victims' relatives and dignitaries also convened at the other two attack sites, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania, where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed before reaching its intended target.

More than two decades later, 11 September remains a point for reflection on the hijacked-plane attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, reconfigured national security policy and spurred a US "war on terror" worldwide.

Sunday's observances, which follow a fraught milestone anniversary last year, come little more than a month after a US drone strike killed a key al-Qaida figure who helped plot the 9/11 attacks, Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Pierre Roldan, who lost his cousin Carlos Lillo, a paramedic, said "we had some form of justice" when a US raid killed Osama bin Laden in 2011.

"Now that Al-Zawahiri is gone, at least we're continuing to get that justice," Roldan said.

National unity subsides as divisions come to surface

The 9/11 attacks also stirred - for a time - a sense of national pride and unity for many while subjecting Muslim Americans to years of suspicion and bigotry and engendering debate over the balance between safety and civil liberties.

In ways both subtle and plain, the aftermath of 11 September ripples through American politics and public life to this day.

But like some other victims' relatives, Jay Saloman fears that Americans' consciousness of 9/11 is receding.

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"It was a terrorist attack against our country that day. And theoretically, everybody should remember it and, you know, take precautions and watch out," said Saloman, who lost his brother.

Like a growing number of those who read names at ground zero, firefighter Jimmy Riches' namesake nephew wasn't born yet when his relative died. But the boy took the podium to honour him.

"You're always in my heart. And I know you are watching over me," he said after reading a portion of the victims' names.

More than 70 of Sekou Siby's co-workers perished at Windows on the World, the restaurant atop the trade centre's north tower. Siby had been scheduled to work that morning until another cook asked him to switch shifts.

The Ivorian immigrant wrestled with how to comprehend such horror in a country where he'd come looking for a better life.

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And he found it difficult to form friendships as close as those he'd had at Windows on the World. It was too painful, he'd learned, to become attached to people when "you have no control over what's going to happen to them next."

"Every 9/11 is a reminder of what I lost that I can never recover," Siby said in the leadup to the anniversary. He's now president and CEO of ROC United, a restaurant workers' advocacy group that evolved from a post-9/11 relief centre.

Grief, anger, toughness, appreciation for those who helped

Speaking at the Pentagon on Sunday, President Joe Biden recalled seeing smoke rise from the stricken US military headquarters on 9/11, when he was a senator. He vowed that the US would continue working to root out terrorist plots and called on Americans to stand up for democracy on days beyond the anniversary.

"We have an obligation, a duty, a responsibility to defend, preserve and protect our democracy - the very democracy that guarantees the right to freedom that those terrorists on 9/11 sought to bury in the burning fire, smoke and ash," the Democrat said.

Vice President Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff joined the observance at the National 11 September Memorial in New York, but by tradition, no political figures speak. The observance centres instead on victims' relatives reading aloud the names of the dead.

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Nikita Shah headed there in a T-shirt that bore the de facto epigraph of the annual commemoration - "never forget" - and the name of her slain father, Jayesh Shah.

The family later moved to Houston but often returns to New York for the anniversary to be "around people who kind of experienced the same type of grief and the same feelings after 9/11," said Shah. She was 10 when her father was killed.

Readers often add personal remarks that form an alloy of American sentiments about Sept. 11 - grief, anger, toughness, appreciation for first responders and the military, appeals to patriotism, hopes for peace, occasional political barbs, and a poignant accounting of the graduations, weddings, births and daily lives that victims have missed.

Some relatives also lament that a nation which came together after the attacks has since splintered apart.

So much so that federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies, which were reshaped to focus on international terrorism after 9/11, now see the threat of domestic violent extremism as equally urgent.

"It took a tragedy to unite us. It should not take another tragedy to unite us again," said Andrew Colabella, whose cousin, John DiGiovanni, died in the 1993 bombing World Trade Center bombing that presaged 9/11.

Beyond the attack sites, other communities around the country marked the day with candlelight vigils, interfaith services and other commemorations. Some Americans joined in volunteer projects on a day that is federally recognised as both Patriot Day and a National Day of Service and Remembrance.

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'Never forget': US marks more than two decades since 9/11 attacks

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Speaking at the Pentagon on Sunday, President Joe Biden called on Americans to stand up for democracy on days beyond the anniversary.

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LLCC LibGuides: September 11, 2001 The Day That Changed The World : Remember 9/11

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This guide was created in conjunction with the poster exhibition, September 11, 2001: The Day That Changed The World, which is on display September 9-30, in the LLCC Library (1st floor Sangamon Hall) to provide more information and resources.

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A group of terrorists attacked the US on 9/11/2001 (Credit: 123greetings.com/ CC-BY-SA-2.0)

September 11, 2023, marks the 22nd anniversary of the boldest and deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil. The unprovoked act of violence was planned and executed by members of the Islamic extremist organization al-Qaeda. The tragedy killed 2,977 innocent people and altered life as we knew it forever.

What happened on September 11, 2001?

On September 11, 2001, nineteen terrorists split into four groups, each with a trained pilot, and took control of four commercial flights. They included United Flight 93 from New Jersey, American Flight 77 from Washington, DC, and United Flight 175, as well as American Flight 11 from Boston. The airplanes were headed cross-country to Los Angeles or San Francisco. This ensured they had enough fuel to cause the maximum amount of damage.

The impact of the air attacks took down the WTC towers and surrounding buildings (Credit: Fred the Oyster/ Public Domain/ Wikimedia Commons)

Passengers aboard the airplanes knew they had been hijacked shortly after takeoff. But

Experts initially thought the crash was due to pilot error or airplane malfunction. However, that changedUnited Flight 175 hit WTC's South Tower at 9:03 a.m. (EST). About half an hour later, at 9:37 a.m. (EST), American Flight 77 hit the Pentagon in Virginia. Soon after, United Flight 93 crash-landed in an empty field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. By then, it was evident that the US had suffered a series of well-planned terrorist attacks.

After the attacks

The steel support trusses that connected the WTC Twin Towers' 110 floors to the building's exterior. This, together with the aircraft's initial impact hole, caused both towers to crumble into giant heaps of cement and steel in less than two hours.

The World Trade Center's Twin Towers collapsed shortly after the airplanes struck (Credit: Michael Foran/ CC-BY-2.0/ Commons.wikimedia.org)

The

The Pentagon building survived the crash, but the aircraft's initial impact killed 184 people. The death toll would have been even higher if the brave passengers and crew aboard United Flight 93 - destined for the US Capitol building in Washington, DC - had not forced the aircraft to crash in Pennsylvania.

What has happened since?

"Ground Zero," as it is now called, boasts four new towers. The flagship is the gleaming One World Trade Center, or "Freedom Tower." The structure's 1,776-foot (541-meter) height is a reference to the year the US gained independence. It is the tallest building in New York City and the Americas.

The names of all the 9/11 victims are carved on the sides of the two pools (Credit: Public Domain.net)

Next to the Freedom Tower is an elegant memorial with two reflecting pools. The names of all the 9/11 victims are etched into their bronze-paneled edges. The National September 11 Museum and Memorial, built alongside, houses several artifacts from the tragic day.

The Pentagon has built 184 stainless steel benches to honor the 125 government employees and 59 crew members and passengers of American Flight 77 who died that day. The Flight 93 National Memorial in Somerset County commemorates the courageous actions of the airplane's 40 passengers and crew.

Global War on Terrorism

The September 11 attacks also led to the "Global War on Terrorism." The 20-year war in Afghanistan, which ended on August 31, 2021, was the longest in American history. It claimed the lives of over 7,000 US troops and cost US taxpayers billions of dollars.

The 9/11 attacks led to the longest war in US history (Credit: Public Domain/ Wikipedia)

September 11, 2001, was one of the darkest days in US history and will never be forgotten. However, it united Americans and made them more determined to live without fear. This September 11 - or Patriot Day - take a few minutes to honor the thousands of innocent lives lost during that difficult time.

#NeverForget

Resources: History.com, Wikipedia.org,, www.aljazeera.com

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Un test créé par les experts de l'évaluation

France Éducation international est un organisme certificateur reconnu pour sa conception et sa diffusion des diplômes du ministère de l'éducation nationale, les DILF, DELF et DALF. Il a également conçu le Test de connaissance du français (TCF).

Avec plus de 35 années d'expérience dans l'évaluation du français langue étrangère et plus de 700 000 apprenants évalués chaque année, les équipes de France Éducation international ont mis toute leur expertise au service de l'évaluation des langues étrangères avec la création du test de positionnement Ev@lang.

Un test multilingue

Ev@lang est un outil moderne et fiable d'évaluation des compétences des candidats en français, en anglais et en arabe.

La maîtrise d'une ou plusieurs langues étrangères est devenue incontournable pour la construction de projets d'études ou de carrière professionnelle. La mobilité internationale participe à cette nécessité de faire la preuve de manière fiable de compétences linguistiques en une ou plusieurs langues étrangères.

Pour répondre à ces besoins, Ev@lang permet une évaluation fine en plusieurs langues étrangères.

Les concepteurs anglophones d'Ev@lang pour la langue anglaise représentent toute la diversité du monde anglophone et disposent d'une solide expérience dans la conception d'examens.

Pour la conception d'Ev@lang pour la langue arabe, France Éducation international s'est associé à l'Institut du Monde arabe de Paris, organisme panarabe d'envergure internationale, dont l'une des nombreuses missions est la promotion, l'enseignement et l'apprentissage de la langue arabe. Ce partenariat a donné naissance au premier test de placement adaptatif en langue arabe.

Un test 100 % en ligne

Ev@lang est un test 100 % en ligne.

Il est disponible sur tout type de supports. Il est géré par une application " full web " qui ne nécessite aucune installation préliminaire et qui est utilisable sur tout type de support (PC ou Mac, ordinateurs, tablettes et smartphones).

Cette technologie confère une très grande flexibilité d'utilisation à Ev@lang : en groupe, en individuel, en présence ou à distance.

Doté d'une ergonomie simple et agréable : les candidats utilisent les codes fournis pour se connecter à Ev@lang et passer le test.

Tout a été pensé pour apporter un maximum de confort d'utilisation lors de l'évaluation : un tutoriel en début de test, des consignes claires, des icônes qui facilitent les manipulations, un chronomètre pour optimiser la gestion du temps, des indications précises pour les différentes étapes du test.

Un test rapide

Ev@lang permet une évaluation fiable et rapide : entre 7 et 35 minutes au maximum.

Il est possible de composer l'évaluation dont chaque utilisateur a besoin grâce à un système de blocs d'épreuves (compréhension orale / compréhension écrite / grammaire & lexique) qu'il est possible de proposer de manière individuelle ou combinée. La durée du test sera variable en fonction du nombre d'épreuves proposées et de la performance de l'utilisateur.

Un test adaptatif

Ev@lang est un test adaptatif, c'est-à-dire que le parcours d'évaluation s'adapte en temps réel à la performance de l'utilisateur. Ainsi, chaque utilisateur se voit proposer des séries de questions qui permettent de déterminer avec précision son niveau de compétence dans chacune des épreuves évaluées.

Chaque question est tirée aléatoirement dans la banque de questions d'Ev@lang selon des procédures élaborées par les experts pédagogiques et scientifiques de France Éducation international. La banque est régulièrement alimentée de nouvelles questions.

Cette conception permet de calculer précisément et instantanément le niveau en langue de l'utilisateur.

Un test précis

Le candidat peut connaître, dès la fin du test, son niveau de compétence par épreuve. Il est possible de configurer Ev@lang de façon à ce que les résultats s'affichent sur l'écran de l'utilisateur ou soient uniquement accessibles via l'outil de gestion d'Ev@lang.

Le gestionnaire du centre d'examen peut éditer et imprimer une fiche de résultats qui récapitule les niveaux obtenus pour chaque épreuve.

Ev@lang est aligné sur les niveaux de compétences du Cadre européen commun de référence pour les langues ( CECRL). Pour davantage de précision, un découpage fin de ces 6 niveaux a été fait et 6 niveaux intermédiaires ont été ajoutés. Ces 12 niveaux de sortie ont été élaborés pour mieux accompagner les centres de langues et les entreprises dans leur utilisation d'Ev@lang, que ce soit pour constituer des groupes de niveaux ou pour recruter ou accompagner de nouveaux collaborateurs. Un niveau A1 non atteint a également été défini afin d'identifier les grands débutants.

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Pour toute autre question, vous pouvez nous écrire à evalang@france-education-international.fr.

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Ev@lang, le test de positionnement en langue par les experts en évaluation

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