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

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Yelena DzhanovaSep 11, 2021, 19:00 IST
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.AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

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

President Joe Biden to visit three 9/11 memorial sites
President Joe Biden. Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

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"

 

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

 

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