The grieving families of the heroic first responders killed in the Sept. 11 attacks slammed a plea deal struck Wednesday that allows three alleged terrorists — including accused mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammad — to avoid the death penalty.
”I feel like I was kicked,” said retired NYPD officer Jim Smith, whose wife, Moira Smith, was the only female police officer killed in the terror attacks.
“The prosecution and families have waited for 23 years to have our day in court to put on the record what these animals did to our loved ones. They took that opportunity away from us. They committed the worst crime in the history of our country they should receive the highest penalty.”
Mohammad, who allegedly masterminded the 9/11 tragedy, along with accused co-conspirators Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi were accused of providing training, financial support and other assistance to the 19 terrorists who hijacked passenger jets and crashed them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Shanksville, Pa. on Sept. 11, 2001.
The three Guantánamo Bay inmates struck a deal with military prosecutors that spares them from the death penalty, it was revealed Wednesday.
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