Sept 11/25 Years: Emotional tribute to victims of attacks silences Republican convention

The American Airlines Center arena, venue of the first interim Republican convention in history, went dark and silent on Thursday during an emotional tribute to the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The moment of silence and the darkness in the venue marked the celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the attacks that shook the United States. The Republican convention, which was in progress, paused its activities to pay this solemn tribute to the nearly three thousand people who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks. This tribute took place on the day that marked 25 years since hijacked planes hit the Twin Towers in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, and a field in Pennsylvania.