Biden, Harris and Trump visit 9/11 site in New York

From left, Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, attend the 9/11 Memorial ceremony on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
From left, Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, attend the 9/11 Memorial ceremony on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

US President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump make a rare joint appearance at the New York City site that marks the September 11 plane attacks in 2001 that killed nearly 3,000 people.

Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee and Trump, her Republican rival in the November 5 US presidential election, shook hands and exchanged a few words, despite their contentious debate the night before, then lined up for the commemoration. Trump’s running mate, Senator JD Vance of Ohio, also attended.

Instead of formal remarks, the ceremony at the “ground zero” site where planes brought down the World Trade Center’s twin towers included wives, husbands, sisters, brothers and grandchildren reading the names of family members killed 23 years ago.

The annual rite marks the suicide attacks by al Qaeda Islamist militants that hit Manhattan, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field.

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