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DeSantis and Harris Meet at Ground Zero, But Don’t Speak

DeSantis and Harris Meet at Ground Zero, But Don’t Speak

New York City leaders from past and present, including Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Vice President Kamala Harris, joined mourners at Ground Zero on Monday to commemorate the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL), with his wife Casey, attended the commemoration, along with New York Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY), New York City Mayor Eric Adams, and former NYC Mayors Bill de Blasio, Michael Bloomberg, and Rudy Giuliani, who led the city through the attacks. The group of politicians attended the ceremony, not to speak, but to stand alongside some of the family members of the 2,977 people who lost their lives in the 9/11 attack as the names of those who died were read aloud, the Associated Press reported.

President Joe Biden did not attend, making him the first president since the terror attacks not to visit one of the three 9/11 memorial sites (Ground Zero, the Pentagon Memorial, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania) on September 11.

Mayor Adams, who was a police lieutenant on the day Islamic terrorists flew two airplanes into the World Trade Center, told CBS News that the country’s response to the attacks was a definitive moment in the history of New York and the U.S.

“The greatest thing about New York City in America was not what happened on 9/11, but what happened on 9/12,” he said. “We got up, teachers taught, builders built and we continued to show that we were not going to bend or break.”

The 9/11 attacks were a defining moment in American history, and the annual commemorations at Ground Zero are a way for the nation to remember the victims and honor their sacrifice. The presence of DeSantis and Harris at the ceremony was a reminder of the political divisions that still exist in the country, but it also showed that both sides can come together to pay tribute to those who lost their lives on that tragic day.

Written by Mark Stevens - September 11, 2023