在9月11日成为美国的特殊日子之前四十年，它就在智利获得了相似的重要性。 1973年9月11日，皮诺切特将军领导的军队推翻了民选政府。
Long before September 11 became a day of infamy in the United States, it acquired similar significance in Chile, where 40 years ago, on September 11, 1973, the armed forces, led by General Augusto Pinochet, overthrew the country’s democratically elected government.