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Live updates: President Joe Biden, Obama to visit the World Trade Center on the 20th anniversary of 9/11

Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden stand for the Pledge of Allegiance during a ceremony marking the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York on September 11, 2020.

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  • Saturday is the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the series of terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000.
  • President Joe Biden is expected to make a series of stops for memorial services in commemoration.
  • In a message of unity, Biden on Friday honored the thousands of people who died in the attacks.
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This Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Two commercial airliners crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City at 8:46 in the morning. Minutes later, hijackers hit the south tower. At 9:37 in the morning, another airliner struck the Pentagon in Virginia.

By 10:28, both World Trade Center towers had collapsed.

Nearly 3,000 people died that day.

President Joe Biden to visit three 9/11 memorial sites
President Joe Biden.

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President Joe Biden will visit three memorial services on Saturday, beginning at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in lower Manhattan.

He and first lady Jill Biden will then travel to Pennsylvania, where they are expected to attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the Flight 93 National Memorial.

Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff will join the Bidens at the Pentagon later in the day for another wreath-laying ceremony.

Former President Barack Obama reflects on 9/11, remembering the “heroes who have always run towards danger”

 

Biden honors the thousands dead and says “unity is our greatest strength” in a video message

 

Tom Kucher

For as long as Tom can remember, he has understood the reality around him through the tinted glasses of works of fiction, be it books, films, TV shows, or anime. An English graduate, he wrote articles on a wide array of topics for several years, from entertainment and pop culture to history and literature. Before that, he was an educator and a roleplay game writer and developer. It is his deeply-rooted love for performing arts and visual media that led him to become a part of the DC team in 2020.

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