Joe Biden and VP Mike Pence greet each other at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum ceremony in NYC to remember and honor those killed in the terror attacks 19 years ago today. 📷 Amr Alfiky / The New York Times via Getty
Attendees around the site wore masks, greeted each other with elbow bumps rather than handshakes and stood 6 feet apart.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden attended the ceremony at ground zero. U.S. Army Sgt. Edwin Morales, center right, salutes after places flowers for fallen FDNY firefighter Ruben D. Correa at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum on Sept. 11, 2020, in New York.
Families who attend, as in previous years, have exclusive access to the museum on Sept. 11. The outside memorial and the museum closed in mid-March, and only the memorial reopened in July. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden are expected to attend the ceremony at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania later on Friday.Wilson Wong is a news associate at NBC News.
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