SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden marked the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at memorials Friday, and their differences in style were sharply on display.
Trump vowed in a speech at the Shanksville, Pennsylvania, site where hijacked Flight 93 crashed in a field, that America will “always fight back.”
Shanksville, PA #September11 Remembrance Ceremony – LIVE on C-SPAN https://t.co/Rro38LHSks pic.twitter.com/ny3TqPeRED
— CSPAN (@cspan) September 11, 2020
In New York, meanwhile, Biden laid a wreath after attending the annual commemoration at Ground Zero and comforted family members of several people who died in the Twin Towers.
.@JoeBiden & @DrBiden in New York City with @NYGovCuomo and others – LIVE on C-SPAN2 https://t.co/rYOfnc0VMQ pic.twitter.com/4XTmXIgrYj
— CSPAN (@cspan) September 11, 2020
He did the same later in Pennsylvania, though he and Trump never crossed paths.
Vice President Mike Pence also visited the New York event, and Sen. Kamala Harris spoke a few miles from the Pentagon.
#OnThisDay in 2001 President Bush, “Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center in an apparent terrorist attack on our country.” Watch more archival footage from #September11 in our @cspan video library: https://t.co/WRQiFn5Wie #911Anniversary pic.twitter.com/6AKjDHkwgJ
— American History TV (@cspanhistory) September 11, 2020