Biden, Harris, Trump Attend 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony on 23rd Anniversary of Attacks

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump shook hands at the ceremony held hours after the two squared off in their first debate.

(L–R) Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump, and Republican vice presidential nominee and Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) join family and friends at Ground Zero honoring the lives of those lost on the 23rd anniversary of the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11, 2024. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and former President Donald Trump paid their respects to those lost in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, at a remembrance ceremony in Manhattan held on the event’s 23rd anniversary.

Biden and Trump shook hands, and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg appeared to facilitate a handshake between Harris and Trump. Just hours earlier, Harris and Trump participated in their first presidential debate, during which the two candidates also shook hands.