Trump and Harris shake hands at 9/11 memorial just hours after hurling insults at each other

    By
    Jack Birle
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    From left, Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic presidential nominee, President Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, former President Donald Trump, Republican presidential nominee, and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Republican vice presidential nominee, attend a 9/11 memorial ceremony on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

    Harris and Trump met face-to-face at a ceremony at Ground Zero in New York City honoring the lives lost during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, hours after their debate on Tuesday night.

    The two shook hands and briefly exchanged words before the ceremony began. The Tuesday debate was the first time Trump and Harris had met each other.

    President Joe Biden, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) were also at the ceremony. Trump and Biden also briefly exchanged words prior to the ceremony, marking the first time they have met each other face-to-face since their June 27 debate. Biden and Trump did speak on the phone after the assassination attempt on Trump on July 13.

    The 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killed 2,977 people.