It was September 11th, the day when people recall the attack and the sufferings which they went through. The relatives of the dead were on Ground Zero along with the presidential candidates who momentarily set aside their rivalry and greeted each other.
While shaking hands seems like something especially delicate, both President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump as well as Vice President Kamala Harris paid respect to the fallen heroes by taking off their political hats.
Harris and Trump went head to head in a Moore ABC presidential debate that was fierce arguing about immigration, abortion, and even foreign policy where both heads were after votes as the date of 5th November approached closer.
After members of family appealed why their loved one’s name could be listed among victims and names of the victims would be read out loud. Some of them went to the public to share political views. Daughter of victim Barbara P Walsh whose last name appears in the family Tree Walsh-DiMarzio pronounced defensively to both Trump and Harris, “We are begging for your help. Why don’t you listen?” She told them to ask Saudi Arabia if no official had any hands on it referring that most of the 19 terrorist hijackers were from Saudi Arabia.
Joanne Barbara, a widow of the sad event Assistant Fire Chief Gerard A. Barbara opposed a plea bargain offer made to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of 9/11 attacks, and other defendants and said, “It’s been 23 years. The families deserve justice and accountability.”
Biden, Harris, and Trump also visited the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania where another one of the hijacked flights crashed after the passengers and crew tried to gain access to the cockpit. The attacks killed nearly 3000 individuals and caused able-bodied families and people who survived to have that gnawing feeling that events such as these would happen again leading the US to adopt new forms of international relations and increase security within its borders, not to mention, the mentality of many Americans who never felt under threat from any foreign terrorist groups.
4,325 days have gone by since the attacks, and at this event people across the nation volunteer – it is the National Day of Service and Remembrance for these attacks, which is still very practised working with every year. Members of some victims’ families welcome the presence of politicians into remembrance events, bothering that however, it is focused on what is around the hope of peace and the positive aspects of it rather than on the peace itself.
