SOME of the 19 September 11 hijackers were allowed into the country despite carrying fraudulent visas and being questioned by customs agents, an independent commission investigating the terrorist attacks said yesterday.

AMERICA paused yesterday to remember the unforgettable — with the tolling of bells, recitations of the names of the dead, and above all, with silence. “Today, we remember each life,” said President Bush.

President Bush vowed victory in the “first great struggle of a new century” today as he led the United States in marking shattering terrorist attacks of one year ago.

Silence fell on Ground Zero at 08:46 (1.46pm Irish time) today, exactly a year from the moment when a terrorist-guided airliner sliced through a crystal blue sky and murdered thousands.

Passengers aboard United Flight 93 on September 11 probably saved the lives of people on the ground by rushing the terrorists who had hijacked the jetliner, an FBI official testified.