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9/11 anniversary brings Biden, Harris and Trump together at ground zero

A New Jersey police officer holds an American Flag before the start of the ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks,
Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in New York.
Associated Press

By JENNIFER PELTZ and KAREN election-season politics. inauguration Trump skipped ance began with the tolling people on Sept. 11, 2001. For
MATTHEWS In a remarkable tableau, — shook hands, and former of a bell and a moment of years, politicians have been
Associated Press President Joe Biden, former New York Mayor Michael silence. At Trump's side was only observers at ground
NEW YORK (AP) — With presi- President Donald Trump and Bloomberg appeared to his running mate, Sen. JD zero commemorations, the
dential candidates looking Vice President Kamala Har- facilitate a handshake be- Vance. microphones going instead
on, some 9/11 victims' rela- ris stood together at ground tween Harris and Trump. The image was one of to relatives who read victims'
tives appealed to them zero just hours after Trump Then the presidential rivals putting politics aside at an- names aloud.
Wednesday for account- and Harris faced off in their stood only a few feet apart, other solemn commemora-
ability as the U.S. marked first-ever debate. Trump and Biden and Bloomberg be- tion of the hijacked-plane at- Continued on Page 2
an anniversary laced with Biden — the successor whose tween them, as the observ- tacks that killed nearly 3,000