President Biden to start full day of 9/11 memorial events at Ground Zero.
"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 more who were injured, America will commemorate you and your loved ones," Biden said in a video released Friday.event at Ground Zero on Saturday morning along with first lady Jill Biden and former President Barack Obama.
That wasn't the only thorny challenge facing Biden in the weeks leading up to the anniversary. As the day approached, a group of 1,800 family members of Sept. 11 victims and first responders said they would oppose Biden’s participation in any anniversary events unless he declassified documents they were seeking from relevant FBI investigations on the planning of the attacks.granting their request to release documents they say may show a link between Saudi leaders and the attacks.
Biden, no stranger to loss, has embraced the role of consoler-in-chief throughout his presidency. He held a candle-lighting ceremony marking 500,000 Covid deaths in February, and gave a prime time address to the nation to mark a year of lockdown.
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