Trump, Biden and Harris Make Rare Joint Appearance at 9/11 Memorial Hours After Presidential Debate

Mar. 15, 2025

PresidentJoe Biden, Vice PresidentKamala Harrisand former PresidentDonald Trumpmade a rare appearance together as they marked the 23rd anniversary of the9/11terrorist attacks.

Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Donald Trump and J.D. Vance attend a 9/11 remembrance ceremony on Sept. 11, 2024.Michael M. Santiago/Getty

Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, U.S. President Joe Biden, former Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg, Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) join family and friends at Ground Zero honoring the lives of those lost on the 23rd anniversary of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2024 in New York City. Biden and Harris will also attend ceremonies at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa, and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., making visits to all three sites of the terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.

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Former N.Y.C. MayorMichael Bloomberg, who assumed office in the months that followed the devastation, stood in between the Democratic and Republican leaders.

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump greet one another at the 9/11 Memorial on Sept. 11, 2024.Michael M. Santiago/Getty

Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, greets Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump as they joined family and friends at Ground Zero honoring the lives of those lost on the 23rd anniversary of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2024 in New York City. Harris will also attend ceremonies at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa, and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., making visits to all three sites of the terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.

Trump, 78, and Harris, 59, greeted one another at the memorial, shaking hands for the second time in 12 hours. The political opponents only met in person for the first time on Tuesday night at their tense first presidential debate in Philadelphia.

Biden, Harris and Trump have additional stops planned on Wednesday, at other sites where hijacked planes crashed in 2001. The attacks killed nearly 3,000 people.

source: people.com

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