As Biden visited Ground Zero and Trump spoke in Shanksville, Pa., Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Kamala D. Harris addressed a small group of first responders and onlookers at a 9/11 memorial ceremony in Fairfax, Va., on Friday morning. Joined by her husband, Douglas Emhoff, and Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), Harris (Calif.) stood for a moment of silence and a bagpiper’s rendition of “Amazing Grace” before offering brief remarks. Harris told the few dozen service members and an accumulation of onlookers from nearby buildings that she was at the gym, working out in the early morning in California when she saw planes hit the World Trade Center 19 years ago. “Everyone stopped, got off their equipment, and we all just watched in utter disbelief,” Harris said. “Strangers were hugging each other.

Source: Washington Post September 11, 2020 11:27 UTC