Leaders Unite: Biden, Harris, and Trump to Pay Tribute at 9/11 Commemoration in New York
Biden, Harris, and Trump Attend 9/11 Commemoration in New York
- Time: 2024-09-11 21:41
- News Citation: Interview, Reuters
- Author: Zhang Yahan
US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attended a memorial service to mark the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, visiting three sites where a hijacked airliner crashed, killing nearly 3,000 people.
Biden and Harris first visited the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City.
With the US presidential election on November 5 just eight weeks away, Democratic presidential candidate Harris wrapped up a debate with his Republican challenger, former President Donald Trump, in Philadelphia on the 10th and then headed to New York.
It is expected that no speeches will be given at the memorial service in New York and that relatives of the victims will read the names of the victims.
Trump’s campaign said he will join running mate JD Vance at the memorial service in New York City.
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will also attend, a source said.
Biden and Harris would then fly to Pennsylvania, where the passengers of United Flight 93 worked together to defeat the hijackers before crashing into a field in Shanksville without hitting other targets.
After the memorial service in Pennsylvania, Biden and Harris will return to Washington to attend a memorial service at the Pentagon.
Trump is also scheduled to attend a memorial service in Pennsylvania.
On the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Biden issued a statement remembering those who lost their lives in the attacks, as well as the tens of thousands of Americans who volunteered to serve in the military following the September 11 attacks.
“We owe the patriots of the 9/11 generation a debt of gratitude that will never be fully repaid,” he said, referring to the deployment of US troops to war zones such as Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as the capture and killing of 9/11 leader Osama bin Laden.
The US Congress today awarded the Congressional Medal posthumously to 13 service members killed in the August 26, 2021, suicide attack at the Kabul airport during the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.