Firefighters salute during a moment of silence outside the commemoration ceremony on the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
In gatherings across the country, Americans remembered the day nearly 3,000 people were killed in terrorist attacks striking the nation 22 years ago.
At One World Trade Center in New York City, Vice President Kamala Harris joined Mayor Eric Adams and other dignitaries for a remembrance ceremony on the National Sept. 11 Memorial plaza. Former mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Florida governor Ron DeSantis also made appearances.
Instead of remarks being given by political figures though, the event featured victims reading the names of the dead and delivering brief personal messages, according to the Associated Press.
President Joe Biden is meanwhile expected to attend a ceremony at a military base in Anchorage, Alaska on his way back to Washington from a recent trip to India and Vietnam, AP reported Monday. Biden will be the first president to commemorate Sept. 11 in Alaska, or anywhere in the western U.S.
First lady Jill Biden is due to lay a wreath at the 9/11 memorial at the Pentagon, where a giant American flag hung over the side of the building, bells tolled, and musicians played taps at 9:37 a.m., the precise moment American Airlines Flight 77 hit the military headquarters.
Two people embrace during a moment of silence at Ground Zero on September 11, 2023 in New York City. Family and friends honored the lives of their lost loved ones on the 22nd anniversary of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center, Shanksville, PA and the Pentagon, that killed nearly 3,000 people. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) Flowers and flags are seen on the names of the victims of the 9/11 terror attack at the North Tower Memorial Pool during the annual 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum on September 11, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) People visit the 9/11 Memorial and Museum at the Ground Zero site in lower Manhattan as the nation prepares to commemorate the 22nd anniversary of the attacks on September 10, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Families of the victims of the 9/11 terror attack listen as names are read during the annual 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum on September 11, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) An airline pilot lays a wreath along the 9/11 Memorial at the Ground Zero site in lower Manhattan as the nation commemorates the 22nd anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) A person sells American flags near a small religious pamphlet tucked into a barricade with the words Bless You written on it near Ground Zero on September 11, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) People visit the 9/11 Memorial and Museum at the Ground Zero site in lower Manhattan as the nation prepares to commemorate the 22nd anniversary of the attacks on September 10, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) People walk through the Westfield World Trade Center, also known as the Oculus, near the 9/11 Memorial and Museum at the Ground Zero site in lower Manhattan as the nation prepares to commemorate the 22nd anniversary of the attacks on September 10, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Firefighters and members of the police take part in the ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum at the Ground Zero site in lower Manhattan during commemoration ceremonies for the 22nd anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) A Port Authority officer rings the bell at the time of the collapse of the North Tower during the annual 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum on September 11, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) Families of the victims of the 9/11 terror attack listen as names are read during the annual 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum on September 11, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) Family, politicians, police, firefighters and others pay their respects as they visit the 9/11 Memorial and Museum at the Ground Zero site in lower Manhattan for commemoration ceremonies during the 22nd anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Hagi Abucar puts flowers on the 9/11 Memorial during the commemoration ceremony on the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) Members of the FDNY gather next to the cemetery at St. Paul’s Chapel near Ground Zero on September 11, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) New York Mayor Eric Adams, Vice President Kamala Harris, and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul place their hands on their heart as the National Anthem is sung during the annual 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum on September 11, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) New York Mayor Eric Adams and Vice President Kamala Harris speak during the annual 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum on September 11, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis prays during a moment of silence during the commemoration ceremony on the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) Members of the Port Authority Police and the NYPD stand guard on a roof top over looking the ceremonies for the lives lost at 9/11 on September 11, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani attends the commemoration ceremony on the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) Diane walks with a picture of her former husband Michael Massaroli as people visit the 9/11 Memorial at the Ground Zero site in lower Manhattan as the nation commemorates the 22nd anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) A fireman smokes a cigarette near Ground Zero on September 11, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) A person puts photos of fallen firefighters on the 9/11 Memorial during the commemoration ceremony on the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) A person walks near Ground Zero with a Remember 9/11 flag on September 11, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) People visit the 9/11 Memorial at the Ground Zero site in lower Manhattan as the nation commemorates the 22nd anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
