Newsman: President Joe Biden of the Sept. 11 attacks, laying a wreath at the Pentagon in a somber commemoration held under a steady rain.He was joined at the ceremony by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who are also offering remarks.
The White House announced that attendants for the president’s remarks at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial include “family members of the fallen, first responder, representatives from first responder groups, and Department of Defense leadership.”
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Biden in his remarks Sunday will recognize the impact the 2001 attacks had on the U.S. and the world and honor the nearly 3,000 people killed that day when al-Qaida hijackers took control of commercial planes and crashed them into New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field.
“I think you’ll hear him talk about how America will stay vigilant to the threat but also look to future threats and challenges and be able to learn to meet those threats and challenges,” Kirby said.
Biden said earlier Sunday morning that he has “a plan” for the families of the victims who died in the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.
Responding to questions from reporters before boarding Air Force One to travel from Delaware to Washington, DC, Biden, when asked if he had a plan to deal with the families of 9/11 victims who want justice after the terror attacks, responded, “Yes, there is a plan for that,” without elaborating.
First lady Jill Biden will speak Sunday at the Flight 93 National Memorial Observance in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband attended a commemoration ceremony at the National September 11th Memorial in New York.
