Bruce Springsteen offers a heartbreaking performance of ‘I’ll See You In My Dreams’ at the 9/11 monument

Bruce Springsteen offered a bleak solo performance of “I’ll See You In My Dreams” at the 9/11 memorial in New York City on Saturday, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the darkest day in the United States.

Springsteen sang his 2020 song, while playing acoustic guitar and harmonica, in the World Trade Center Memorial Square as part of the ceremony commemorating the nearly 3,000 people killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks. 2001.

The 71-year-old New Jersey native introduced the song, saying, “God bless our fallen brothers and sisters, and their families, friends, and loved ones.”

He then burst into a poignant rendition of the song, which includes the emotional lyrics: “Because death is not the end, and I will see you in my dreams.”

Springsteen’s performance received applause from the audience of survivors and relatives of the victims who died on the horrible day exactly 20 years ago.

The song, the last song on her 2020 album Letter To You, was released in March 2021. It was dedicated to its release by Australian record executive Michael Gudinski, who died at the age of 68 the day before the release. of the song.

Springsteen performed the song just after a moment of silence at 9:03 a.m., which marked the time when the hijacked plane on United Airlines Flight 175 flew into the south tower of the World Trade Center.

There were six moments of silence throughout the ceremony that began to ring a bell; the moment each tower was hit by planes, the moment both towers fell.

Bell ringing also erupted at the time the Pentagon was hit by the third hijacked plane and at the time Flight 93 crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers tried to take it back from the terrorists to the United States. its supposed target of the White House or the U.S. Capitol.

The name of each victim was read at the ceremony, which began at 8:30 a.m. and lasted several hours.

The ceremony also included the reproduction of the national anthem.

Joe Biden attended the event along with First Lady Jill Biden, former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton and former First Lady Michelle Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Biden did not speak at the ceremony, but posted a previously recorded video on Friday telling Americans to “not be afraid.”

Also joining the ceremony were former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, and New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.

Biden then headed to Shanksville, Pennsylvania, for a wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial site for Flight 93, making it the site where the United Airlines jet crashed and killed all 40 on board.

He was believed to have been en route to the White House or the U.S. Capitol when the passengers fought the hijackers, prompting them to crash into the aircraft.

The president will head to the Pentagon, while visiting the three locations of the 9/11 coordinated attacks.

George W. Bush, who was less than a year away from his presidency when the terrorist attacks took place, attended the ceremony in Shanksville where he delivered a speech condemning “violent extremists abroad and violent extremists in home, “calling them ‘children of the same unclean spirit.’

Bush also used his speech to tell veterans and the military that his sacrifices in the War on Terror were for nothing and pushed the nation to show the same kind of unity that existed in the days after the war. September 11, 2001.

“Many Americans struggled to understand why an enemy would hate us with such zeal,” Bush said.

‘Security measures built into our lives are both sources of comfort and reminders of our vulnerability.

“And we have seen growing evidence that the dangers to our country may come not only from the borders, but from the violence that is picked up inside.”

The former president said there is “little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home,” other than his “disregard for human life.”

“In their determination to contaminate national symbols, they are children of the same evil spirit and it is our duty to continue to confront them,” Bush said, an apparent reference to both 9/11 kidnappers and riot police. Chapter of January 6th.

The former Republican president was joined by Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris at the National Flight 93 Memorial.

He also delivered a speech urging Americans to remember the “unity” that emerged from the tragedy two decades ago.

Harris said this union is “essential to our shared prosperity, our national security and our position in the world.”

“In the days after September 11, 2001, he reminded us all that unity is possible in America. He also reminded us that unity is essential in America.

“It is essential to our shared prosperity, our national security and our position in the world,” Harris said.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump was the only surviving U.S. president who did not attend any of the official ceremonies honoring those killed two decades ago.

Instead, Trump marked the beginning of his twentieth anniversary by throwing Biden the withdrawal from Afghanistan and telling his supporters that “don’t fear, the United States will be big again.”

Trump released a video message from his Save America PAC on Saturday morning talking only briefly about the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 Americans on September 11, 2001, instead of killing his successor for his ” poor planning ”and the“ incredible weakness ”in pulling troops out of Afghanistan.

The former president said the US “will fight to recover from the embarrassment that this incompetence has caused.”

“We will continue to live, but sadly, our country will be hurt for a long period of time, we will fight to recover from the shame that this incompetence has caused,” he said.

“Don’t be afraid, though, the United States will be great again.”

He then sent a statement of congratulations to Giuliani on Saturday morning.

“Congratulations to Rudy Giuliani (for the twentieth time!), The greatest mayor in the history of New York City, for demonstrating this leadership and doing such an amazing job during and after the attack on our nation! ” said the former president.

Trump sent additional statements to criticize Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan throughout the day.

The former president told Fox Friday that he will visit Ground Zero on Saturday, after Biden leaves.

He had been narrow in his plans to mark two decades from the horrible day the world changed.

However, he made plans to host a boxing match between Evander Holyfield and Vitor Belfort in Hollywood, Florida, on Saturday night.