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.