9/11 Widow Terry Strada Accuses Saudi Arabia and U.S. Leaders at 25th Anniversary
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 11
9/11 Widow Terry Strada Accuses Saudi Arabia and U.S. Leaders at 25th Anniversary
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 11
Summary
Ground Zero speaker Terry Strada used the 25th anniversary ceremony to accuse Saudi Arabia of supporting the 9/11 hijackers and successive U.S. administrations of shielding the kingdom instead of backing victims' families.
JD Vance, the most senior Trump administration official at the New York memorial, was urged by Strada to carry that message to President Donald Trump and press Riyadh to stop denying responsibility.
August 2025 court findings strengthened the families' case: Judge George Daniels said there was reasonable evidence that 2 Saudi government employees supported 2 future hijackers, and let the lawsuit proceed.
The suit became possible only after Congress overrode Barack Obama's 2016 veto of JASTA, which opened a path for Americans to sue foreign governments over alleged support for attacks on U.S. soil.
Saudi Arabia has repeatedly denied the allegations, and the federal case filed in 2017 remains pending as families keep pressing for accountability 25 years after nearly 3,000 deaths.