Saudi King marks 9/11 anniversary: 'We lost many good pilots'

“Sure, we didn’t expect them to return, but I knew some of them quite well."

RIYADH — As in most countries around the world on September 11, a moment of silence was held in the Middle Eastern country of Saudi Arabia on Sunday. Theirs was 15 seconds long, one second for each Saudi national lost in the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001.

“21 years ago, we lost a lot of good pilots,” King Salman reflected during a remembrance ceremony carr…