Joe Biden to join victims’ families at ceremonies in New York, at the Pentagon and at Shanksville, Pennsylvania

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President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have arrived at Ground Zero for the 9/11 memorial in New York. They will join the families of the victims. Former President Barack Obama will also join them. The ceremony will begin at 8:30 am.

President Joe Biden has arrived at Ground Zero for the 9/11 memorial event in New York.

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Hello, Guardian readers.

Today marks the 20th anniversary of 11 September 2001. On this somber day, America will grieve for victims of the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington DC that killed nearly 3,000 people, sparked long, bloody wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and dramatically altered the course of the 21st century.

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