Darshan Singh Dhaliwal, a member of the Sikh community, said that India is working hard to fight against terrorism. “India is really working hard to fight terrorism. And we can see it back home and every place else. There are very few people who are kind to us,” Dhaliwal said as he was heading to the 9/11 Memorial.

On September 11, 2001, terrorists al Qaeda hijacked four aeroplanes and carried out suicide attacks in the United States in which 2,977 people lost their lives.

Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in New York today on his first official State visit to the US.

Meanwhile, another Indian origin residing in the US, Vipin Dutta said, “I am from Jammu and Kashmir and have seen terrorism first hand. I’ve been living in the US for the last 25 years and we have seen what has happened to the Kashmiris and Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir. And terrorism and terrorists are always a bad thing all over the world.”

“The US has seen it during 9/11. So we are trying to show our sport and solidarity with the world’s biggest two democracies. We are basically coming together. If you look at the bigger picture, they are coming together to fight against racism all over the world. And India as well as America, as everybody knows, is spearheading it,” he added.

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