Cork man bitter no-one tried for 9/11 attack that killed sister

A Cork man, whose sister and niece were killed in the 9/11 attacks, has said he is “bitterly frustrated” that five suspects, who were captured a decade ago, have still not been tried.

Mark Clifford said the seemingly endless administrative hurdles and legal complications, which have prevented the case going to trial in Guantanamo Bay, have made life unbearable for the families of the 3,000 victims of the atrocity.

Mark’s sister, Ruth McCourt, and her four-year-old daughter, Juliana, were passengers aboard the United Airlines flight that was the second aircraft to crash into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, 14 years ago today.