"More than two decades after victims of the 9/11 attacks began trying to hold the government of Saudi Arabia responsible for helping the Qaida terrorists who carried out the plot, a federal judge has ruled that a civil lawsuit against the kingdom can go to trial. The decision on Thursday, by Judge George B. Daniels of the Southern District of New York in Manhattan, represents a crucial victory for survivors of the attacks and relatives of the 2,977 people who were killed."
"This may be the last chance for justice, for the plaintiffs and for the country. The families of the victims were the collateral damage from a historic event but, ultimately, they also were the collateral damage of a criminal act. There were accessories to that crime before and after the fact. This suit has the potential to heal the survivors, the country, and history itself simply with the truth."
On September 11, Manhattan streets felt strange because of unusually beautiful weather and pedestrians looking upward, recalling the 2001 attacks. A federal judge in the Southern District of New York ruled that a civil lawsuit by some 9/11 victims' families against Saudi Arabia can go to trial. The ruling represents a significant legal victory for survivors and relatives of the 2,977 people killed. Plaintiffs contend that Saudi individuals or actors aided the hijackers and that there were accessories before and after the attacks. Plaintiffs' investigation has yielded information that challenges earlier official portrayals of the plot. The lawsuit faced obstruction from multiple U.S. administrations.
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