‘For people who lost someone close, the pain never stops’

A MOTHER in Malaysia greeted her dead son. People in Manila left roses for the victim who helped give them homes.

And mourners in Tokyo stood before a piece of steel from ground zero, remembering the 23 bank employees who never made it out alive.

A decade after 9/11, the day that changed so much for so many people, the world’s leaders and citizens paused to reflect yesterday. But there were also those — including a former Malaysian prime minister — who reiterated old claims that the US government itself was behind the attacks.