Willow Springs, Illinois, Police Chief Sam Pulia, left, places flags on the bronze parapets of the 9/11 Memorial in New York City on Wednesday on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (Pamela Smith/AP)
With solemn ceremonies in New York City, Washington, DC and Somerset County, Pennsylvania, the nation commemorated the 23rd anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 on Wednesday.
Nearly 3,000 people were killed when al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked three airliners and flew them into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. A fourth hijacked plane crashed in a Pennsylvania field after passengers staged a mid-air revolt.
On Wednesday, three minutes of silence were observed in New York to remember that at 8:46 a.m. the first plane hit the north tower of the World Trade Center, the second crashed into the south tower 17 minutes later and a third crashed into the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m.
At a ceremony in New York City, Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former President Donald Trump and Senator JD Vance joined together to commemorate the tragic event.
The commemoration took place one day after the confrontation between Harris and Trump in a presidential debate in Philadelphia.
From left, Vice President Kamala Harris, President Biden, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former President Donald Trump and Ohio Senator JD Vance attend a memorial ceremony marking the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York City on Wednesday. (Adam Gray/AFP via Getty Images)
People visit the 9/11 memorial in New York City on Wednesday. (Adam Gray/AFP via Getty Images)
People gather outside the September 11 memorial for a minute of silence on Wednesday. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
Military members and first responders watch as an American flag is unfurled at the Pentagon on Wednesday to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in Arlington, Virginia. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
A woman places photos of a relative on the 9/11 memorial. (Adam Gray/AFP via Getty Images)
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attend a Flight 93 wreath laying ceremony in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. (Andrew Cabellero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (left) and Republican vice presidential candidate Senator JD Vance at the 9/11 memorial ceremony. (Yuki Iwamura/AP)
Roses are laid next to the names of the victims on the memorial pool in the North Tower. (Adam Gray/AFP via Getty Images)
People gather at the 9/11 memorial. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
US soldiers lay roses on the memorial benches at the Pentagon’s 9/11 memorial in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday. (Shawn Thew/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
Mercedes Arias stands next to the name of her father, Joseph Amatuccio, at the south reflecting pool during the 9/11 remembrance ceremony in New York City on Wednesday. (Yuki Iwamura/AP)
The names of the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks are read during a memorial ceremony in New York City on Wednesday. (NeKena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)
A picture of a woman who died in the September 11 attacks in New York City. (Kent J. Edwards/Reuters)
A family member of a victim of the September 11 attacks attends a ceremony marking the 23rd anniversary of the attacks. (Mike Segar/Reuters)
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin pauses after laying a wreath at the start of the September 11th Remembrance Ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on Wednesday. (Kevin Wolf/AP)
A photo is part of the memorial to the victims of the September 11 attacks in New York City. (Kent J. Edwards/Reuters)
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani observes a moment of silence during a ceremony marking the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York City. (Mike Segar/Reuters)
The site of the 9/11 memorial. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
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