US President Joe Biden said during at a ceremony commemorating the tragic September 11, 2001, that 23 years ago the terrorists were wrong, thinking they would bring the Americans to their knees, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
Biden and his vice-president Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate for the presidency in the upcoming elections on November 5, arrived in the state of Pennsylvania after honoring the victims of the attacks in New York with former US President Donald Trump, the Republican contender . The three stood together at "elevation zero".
On September 11, 2001, terrorists of “Al Qaeda“ hijacked four planes and used them to carry out attacks in New York, in the state of Pennsylvania and against the Pentagon building, in which 2,977 people died.
At the white marble Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, the President of the United States slowly placed his hand on a wreath to pay his respects to the 40 victims of the plane crash near Shanksville, Reuters describes. Biden and Harris spoke with volunteers from the local fire department in front of the 40 flags in memory of the victims, pausing briefly to respect another ceremony.
"On this day 23 years ago, terrorists thought they could break our will and bring us to our knees. They were wrong! And they will always be wrong. In the darkest hour we saw light. In the face of fear, we have come together - to protect our country and to support each other," Biden said in front of the Pentagon, where he and Harris also laid a wreath wrapped in the colors of the national flag - white, blue and red.
"We owe the patriots of the 9/11 generation our respect. We will never be able to repay them," the head of state added.
In Shanksville, the president also gave a speech about the need for bipartisan unity. He gave a hat to a supporter of his party's opponent, Trump, and in return received a hat with the Republican candidate's campaign logo, which he put on his head.
Trump himself also visited the memorial in Pennsylvania. "It is a sad, very sad, terrible day. There has never been another day like this," he told Fox News.