The Latest: Obama hails the heroes of 9/11 and afterward

President Barack Obama has lauded the heroes of 9/11 — and of the years since — in a message to mark the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks. The 44th president of the United States said that the enduring image for him and his wife Michelle of that day was not the wreckage and destruction but the people. He singled out firefighters who ran up the stairs as others were running down, passengers who stormed the cockpit of their plane and volunteers who came forward across the country in the days that followed. “Over the last 20 years, we’ve seen the same courage and selflessness on display again and again,” Obama said.