Military installations throughout Europe held ceremonies Friday marking the anniversary or had them scheduled throughout the weekend.
Air Force Master Sgt. Carlos Pubillones credits the military with keeping his mother safe on Sept. 11, 2001. Pubillones, of Queens, N.Y., was home on leave from Europe with his brother, Jose, an Army sergeant.
The brothers’ homecoming stopped their mother, Maria-Elena Garcia, from going to her physical therapy appointment that day. The appointment, scheduled for 9 a.m., was inside the World Trade Center. “Who would have thought,” Pubillones said, “that our service would save her?”
In Bamberg, at the US base Middle/High School, about 100 students gathered on the front lawn for a commemoration ceremony.
Note EU-Digest: The question one must ask is why the US continues to have such a strong and costly military presence in Europe? Instead of it being a deterrent to terrorism it could also have the opposite effect.
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