Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump shook hands and stood together Wednesday as they joined thousands at Ground Zero in New York City to honor those killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
The lighthearted exchange against the backdrop of tragedy happened hours after Trump and Harris traded barbs on stage during their first presidential debate in Philadelphia. President Joe Biden and Trump's running mate JD Vance joined their political partners, along with Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.The ceremony marked 23 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York City, Washington D.C.
For years, politicians have been only observers at ground zero observances, with the microphone going instead to relatives who read victims’ names aloud.Biden, on the last Sept. 11 of his term and likely his half-century political career, was headed with Harris later to ceremonies in Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon, the three sites where commercial jets crashed after al-Qaida operatives took them over on Sept. 11, 2001.
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