PIERRE, (KCCR) — Today marks a quarter century since life in America changed. The September 11th terrorist attacks on New York, Washington and Pennsylvania are still remembered 25 years ago. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds watched on t-v with his business partner as passenger jets were flown into the World Trade Towers in New York…
The attacks ultimately led to Rounds in his run for Governor…
While not directly impacted on September 11th, 2001, the impacts are still felt in South Dakota today…
After the attacks, a piece of the World Trade Center’s steel was gifted to all 50 states. South Dakota’s 9-11 Memorial is in the southeast corner of Hilger’s Gulch at the corner of Church Street and Governors Drive.
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