{"id":45270,"date":"2021-09-11T23:14:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-11T21:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=45270"},"modified":"2021-09-11T23:20:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-11T21:20:32","slug":"tribute-of-spanish-and-american-servicemen-to-the-victims-from-911-at-naval-station-rota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2021\/09\/11\/tribute-of-spanish-and-american-servicemen-to-the-victims-from-911-at-naval-station-rota\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribute of Spanish and American servicemen to the victims from 9\/11 at Naval Station Rota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 20th anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001 has been commemorated with several tributes to the victims celebrated in Spain.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2021\/09\/11\/the-history-of-the-spanish-woman-murdered-in-the-twin-towers-on-september-11-2001\/\">The history of the Spanish woman murdered in the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><big>Tribute ceremony at the Rota Naval Base<\/big><\/p>\n<p>At Rota Naval Station, a joint Spanish and US base,<strong> sailors from both countries participated in a joint act held in the base's chapel.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51449470675_272d526203_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, <strong>US Navy sailors carried the Flag of the United States and its Navy, while a Spanish sailor carried the Flag of Spain<\/strong>, escorted by a Spanish Marine.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51448750158_16ba67f0fa_h.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>In the act they have issued images of the tragic events that took place that day. <\/strong>Here we see the moment in which the second plane hit the South Tower of the World Trade Center.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51449471065_543ac60437_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A US sailor has shown his folded Flag<\/strong>, as it is deposited in the hands of his relatives during the burials of his Fallen. <strong>Before the altar were two equipments of the American firefighters from the Base<\/strong>, in memory of the firefighters who died in the attacks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51448506971_afcd1e0797_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><big>Tribute ceremony at the US Embassy in Madrid<\/big><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the aforementioned tribute in Rota, an act of remembrance has also been held at the US Embassy in Madrid for the victims from the 9\/11 attacks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51447750997_1d8b6fb717_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>This event was attended by Jos\u00e9 Luis de San P\u00edo, father of<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2021\/09\/11\/the-history-of-the-spanish-woman-murdered-in-the-twin-towers-on-september-11-2001\/\">Silvia de San P\u00edo, the only Spanish victim of the attacks<\/a>, who died in the North Tower along with her husband, John Thomas Resta, and their unborn son, Dylan.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51447750542_4a61a327a6_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During this act, <strong>the personnel of the US Marine Corps that guards the Embassy raised their National Flag at half mast on the mast of the compound<\/strong>, as a sign of mourning for the victims of the attacks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51448749003_dd6a4ea679_h.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><big>Tribute ceremony at the US Consulate in Barcelona<\/big><\/p>\n<p>Likewise, at the United States General Consulate in Barcelona a tribute was also paid to the victims from 9\/11, in this case only with civilian personnel. During the event,<strong> an oak tree was planted in the gardens of the Consulate and a moment of silence was kept in tribute to the victims.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51448505961_bebdf9b478_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Photos: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/USNavalStationRota\/posts\/10159636089799241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Naval Station Rota<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USembassyMadrid\/status\/1436345502795239425\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Embassy in Madrid<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USConsulateBCN\/status\/1436592897252642816\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Consulate in Barcelona<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 20th anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001 has been commemorated with several tributes to the victims celebrated in Spain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11545,10429],"tags":[15471,12825,15468,11462,10669,15475,15474,319],"class_list":["post-45270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-navy","category-second","tag-9-11-attacks","tag-naval-station-rota","tag-silvia-de-san-pio","tag-spain","tag-spanish-navy","tag-us-consulate-barcelona","tag-us-embassy-madrid","tag-us-navy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45270"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}