Both former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to New York City following their first presidential debate to put politics aside and commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Wednesday marks the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Nearly 3,000 people died when a group of terrorists launched coordinated attacks against the United States. They hijacked and crashed commercial airliners in front of the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, DC, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. It was the most devastating terrorist attack in the United States.

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Names on the 9/11 memorial in New York City. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Trump and Harris participated in their first presidential debate on Tuesday night before both traveling to New York City.

First, Trump is expected to visit the site of the World Trade Center (also known as Ground Zero) to attend the September 11 commemoration ceremony and deliver a brief speech.

Trump is next expected to visit Engine 4, Tower Ladder 15 of the New York Fire Department.

He then travels to Shanksville to visit the Flight 93 memorial.

Meanwhile, President Biden and Harris are also expected to visit the 9/11 Memorial for the remembrance ceremony.

Biden and Harris are then expected to travel to Shanksville to participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Flight 93 Memorial.

Later, Biden and Harris will participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.

The Twin Towers in 1994. (Stephan Schulz/picture alliance via Getty Images)

On September 11, 2001, over 400 first responders lost their lives, including 23 New York police officers, 37 Port Authority employees, and 343 New York firefighters.

The 40 passengers and crew of Flight 93, all of whom lost their lives, are believed to have prevented a larger attack by fighting back against the terrorists who had hijacked the plane. The field in Shanksville where the plane crashed is just a 20-minute flight from the U.S. Capitol.

The Tower of Voices, part of the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on May 26, 2021. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

The Biden-Harris administration withdrew all U.S. military assets from Afghanistan on August 31, 2021, after a nearly 20-year presence there following the September 11 attacks.

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As part of the retreat, the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan and officially announced the formation of a new government. Before 9/11, the Taliban government consisted of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan before the militant forces were expelled by the United States after the attacks.

The September 11 attacks were orchestrated by Al-Qaeda and were under the protection of the Taliban.