In a uncommon occasion which marked the twenty third yr of the brutal September 11 assault on the New York Metropolis website, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump made a joint look on Wednesday.
The phobia assault which occurred on September 11, 2001 killed practically 3,000 folks. Republican candidate Trump shook palms with Democratic candidate Harris and exchanged just a few phrases regardless of their difficult debate an evening earlier after which lined up for the commemoration.
Within the commemoration, there weren’t any formal remarks on the most important website the place the 2 planes introduced down the dual towers of the World Commerce Centre.
The members of the family, together with wives, husbands, sisters, brothers and grandchildren learn out the names of these killed within the assault in 2001.
In an announcement, President Biden mentioned “On today 23 years in the past, terrorists believed they might break our will and produce us to our knees. They have been incorrect. They are going to at all times be incorrect. Within the darkest of hours, we discovered gentle. And within the face of concern, we got here collectively – to defend our nation, and to assist each other.”
Former President Trump deliberate to go to the Pennsylvania memorial and advised Fox Information that “It was a really, very unhappy, horrible day. There’s by no means been something prefer it.”
The attacks were executed by the suicide attackers of al Qaeda Islamist terrorists. Two planes destroyed WTC’s twin towers and one other airplane went into Pentagon whereas the fourth airplane crashed in Pennsylvania area after passengers have been in a position to storm the cockpit.