Biden Joined by Former Presidents To Mark the 20th Anniversary of 9/11

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden were joined by former presidents to mark the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks on the United States.

Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton stood beside Biden at ground zero in New York City on Saturday morning to honor the victims who lost their lives in the attacks.

At 8:46 a.m. attendees of the ceremony participated in a moment of silence remembering the moment the first plane struck the north tower of the World Trade Center.

The Bidens then traveled to Shanksville, Pennsylvania, for a wreath-laying ceremony to honor the victims who lost their lives on Flight 93.

While the president is not expected to deliver remarks Saturday, he released a video message on Friday. During Biden’s message, he remembered his friend Davis, who he grew up with in Delaware.

“On this day, 20 years ago, he and his family had just passed the first year without their youngest of three sons, Teddy, who died in a boating accident at age 15. His eldest son, Davis Jr., was just six days into a new job on the 104th floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Center,” Biden said.

He recalled going “to speak to students at the University of Delaware about what to make of the new world we were in. He told me to tell people, ‘Don’t be afraid…’ The absolute courage it took after two unimaginable losses is extraordinary.”

Biden continued, “To the families of the 2,977 people from more than 90 nations killed on September 11, 2001, in New York City, Arlington, Virginia, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and the thousands of more that were injured, America and the world commemorate you and your loved ones.”