President Biden claimed Monday, with out proof, that he stood at Floor Zero in New York Metropolis viewing the injury from the September 11, 2001, terrorist assaults simply sooner or later later, regardless of data exhibiting he was in Washington, D.C. that day.
“Floor Zero in New York — I keep in mind standing there the subsequent day and looking out on the constructing. I felt like I used to be wanting by the gates of Hell, it appeared so devastating as a result of the best way you would — from the place you would stand,” Biden stated throughout his speech at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska marking the devastating acts of terrorism 22 years in the past.
Nevertheless, based on C-SPAN protection of U.S. Senate proceedings on September 12, 2001, Biden was in Washington, D.C. and gave a speech on the ground of the Senate. Data present the Senate met within the morning, and a labeled briefing was held for all senators that afternoon at 2:00 p.m. ET.
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President Joe Biden delivers remarks to service members, first responders, and their households on the twenty second anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist assaults, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on September 11, 2023. (SAUL LOEB/AFP through Getty Photos)
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Data additionally present Biden participated in a joint decision vote condemning the terrorist assaults later that afternoon. Biden was the Democratic supervisor of the decision.
Fox Information Digital reached out to the White Home for remark however didn’t instantly obtain a response.
Biden’s declare comes as he faces scrutiny from households of 9/11 victims for not visiting any of the websites of the assaults on Monday, and for giving his speech marking the day in Alaska. With the transfer, he grew to become the primary U.S. president in 22 years to neither spend the day at an assault website nor the White Home.
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Smoke pours from the dual towers of the World Commerce Heart after they had been hit by two hijacked airliners in a terrorist assault September 11, 2001, in New York Metropolis. (Robert Giroux/Getty Photos)
Biden stopped in Alaska following a visit abroad to India and Vietnam. Vice President Kamala Harris is among the many elected officers attending occasions on the Nationwide September 11 Memorial in New York Metropolis.
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Fox Information’ Taylor Penley contributed to this report.