# 9/11 mastermind’s trial set for 2028 after two decades of pre-trial proceedings

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/25-years-after-9-11-stories-of-connection-persistent-grief-and-the-ongoing-pursuit-of-justice/
- Published: 2026-09-09T02:07:37+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-09T08:17:14+00:00
- Topics: Art, Culture, Space, Technology, Travel, World

## Key points

- 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's trial finally set for June 2028
- Pre-trial process at Guantanamo Bay has lasted 20 years under five judges
- Victims' relatives fear dying before seeing justice served

## Summary

A quarter of a century after the 11 September 2001 attacks, the trial of alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has still not begun, though a trial date has now been set for June 2028 following pre-trial proceedings at Guantanamo Bay that have dragged on for 20 years and been overseen by five different military judges. This matters because relatives of the almost 3,000 people killed fear time is running out for justice to be served, with elderly family members worried they may not live to see a verdict, and concern that the defendants themselves could die before facing trial.

Tom Resta, whose brother John and heavily pregnant sister-in-law Sylvia died in the World Trade Center's north tower, has travelled to Guantanamo four times to observe what he calls a "laborious and tedious" legal process, and says his father, who turns 98 in November, does not expect to live to see the trial concluded. Stephan Gerhardt, whose younger brother Ralph also died in the attacks, has made six trips to Guantanamo and said his greatest fear was that Mohammed and his co-defendants would die of old age before being convicted, which he described as something that would be "an injustice to all the family members".

## Coverage

- [Daily Mail: Nick and Diane met stranded in Newfoundland on 9/11 and fell instantly in love… 25 happy years later they tell the life-affirming full story (including moment a blushing flight attendant caught them canoodling!)](https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16093387/nick-diane-marson-911-newfoundland-love-story.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490)
- [Daily Mail: Immersive ‘9/11 watch party’ is planned in Bournemouth with guests invited to ‘relive’ the world’s deadliest terror attack](https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16115609/Immersive-9-11-watch-party-Bournemouth.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490)
- [BBC World: ‘Constantly on my mind’ – 9/11 agony goes on for bereaved, 25 years on](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyrjw1yj75o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss)

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