{"id":2028795,"date":"2023-09-12T02:37:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T06:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sept-11-bidens-memories-of-visiting-ground-zero-at-odds-with-records\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T02:39:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T06:39:17","slug":"sept-11-bidens-memories-of-visiting-ground-zero-at-odds-with-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sept-11-bidens-memories-of-visiting-ground-zero-at-odds-with-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s Ground Zero Visit: Memories Clash with Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsept-11-bidens-memories-of-visiting-ground-zero-at-odds-with-records%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2028795&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>President Joe Biden\u200c on Sept. 11 urged Americans to never forget the evil that they witnessed when Islamist terrorists attacked New York 22 years ago. Meanwhile, questions have arisen regarding the accuracy of his recollections of visiting Ground Zero the day after the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200ba\u200c speech delivered to\u200c U.S.\u200b service \u2062members at Joint \u2062Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, the president said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>&#8220;I join you on this solemn day to renew our sacred vow: Never forget. Never forget. We never forget. Each of those precious lives [was] stolen when evil attacked.&#8221;<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President Biden\u200c recalled observing the wreckage of the Twin Towers in lower Manhattan on \u200cSept. 12, 2001, saying it seemed as though he was looking into hell itself.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/biden-delivers-remarks-on-the-anniversary-of-9-11-post-5489546\">Biden Delivers Remarks on the Anniversary of 9\/11<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/11\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/biden-delivers-remarks-on-the-anniversary-of-9-11-post-5489546\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/ntd-news-today-sept-11-9-11-memorials-across-the-us-biden-meets-chinas-number-two-as-us-vietnam-boost-relations-5489596\">NTD News \u200cToday (Sept. 11): 9\/11 Memorials\u200c Across the US; Biden Meets China\u2019s Number Two as \u200dUS, \u200bVietnam Boost Relations<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/11\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/ntd-news-today-sept-11-9-11-memorials-across-the-us-biden-meets-chinas-number-two-as-us-vietnam-boost-relations-5489596\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Because of that, he acknowledged, it can be difficult for \u200dmany to remember the horror of the day.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>&#8220;I felt like I \u2062was looking through \u200dthe gates of hell. It looked so devastating,&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p> President Biden said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>&#8220;How can we reopen\u200c that wound? It\u2019s like reopening a black hole in your chest, sucking you back into it again. Bringing you back to that moment when you saw the \u200cnews.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>However, President Biden&#8217;s claims that he observed the devastation\u2063 in \u2062Manhattan on Sept. 12, 2001, are contradicted by C-SPAN\u2062 coverage of \u200bU.S. Senate proceedings \u2064that \u200bshow him giving a speech on the Senate floor, reported Fox News. According to records, all \u2062senators were present at the Senate\u200b for a classified briefing that afternoon \u200cat 2 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">The president&#8217;s autobiography made no mention\u2064 of visiting Ground \u200bZero on\u2063 Sept. 12, instead, it states that he &#8220;headed\u200c back to the Capitol,&#8221; per\u2064 a New York Post report. <\/p>\n<h2><b>A Break With Custom<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>  President\u2063 Biden\u2019s decision to hold his speech in Alaska instead of at one of \u200bthe attack \u200dsites is a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/us-marks-sept-11-attacks-with-pentagon-world-trade-center-site-events-2023-09-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">departure<\/a> from\u2062 what&#8217;s now considered customary for the annual remembrance speech, although both Barack Obama and George W. Bush delivered one such speech from the White House.<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">There was nevertheless a smattering of government officials from across the political spectrum at the annual commemoration of the 9\/11 attacks in Manhattan, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sept-11-anniversary-new-york-harris-desantis-3fdf7d4282813ea54ac78a243a07af7b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">including<\/a> Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Majority\u2064 Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), New York Mayor Eric Adams, former New York Mayor \u200bMike Bloomberg, and\u2064 Florida \u200dGov. Ron DeSantis.<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">President Biden flew into Alaska earlier on Sept. 11 after concluding \u2064a five-day trip to India and\u2064 Vietnam, where he secured a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us-vietnam-elevate-ties-during-biden-visit-with-eye-china-2023-09-09\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">historic\u200d deal<\/a> that will help to ease American reliance on Chinese-built semiconductors.<\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s unlikely that he could have reached one of the attack sites in time to deliver a speech.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden noted\u200c that fact and underscored that the\u2064 Alaskan joint base had scrambled fighters on the fateful day to help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sept-11-biden-remembers-staring-down-at-the-gates-of-hell-calls-for-unity-and-resolve\/\" title=\"Sept. 11: Biden Recalls 'Gates of Hell', Urges Unity and Resolve\">escort \u200djetliners amid<\/a> a chaotic shutdown of U.S. airspace.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>&#8220;Though this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sec-def-austin-smirks-denies-drag-events-held-at-military-bases-were-supported-by-defense-department\/\" title=\"Sec Def Austin Smirks, Denies Drag Events Held At Military Bases Were Supported By Defense Department\">military base isn\u2019<\/a>t located on ground zero, we know that distance did not dull or\u200b diminish the pain we felt all across the nation on \u2062Sept.11,&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p> he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2><b>Biden Calls for\u200b Unity, Resolve<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>  The 9\/11 \u2063attacks were the most deadly assault on U.S. soil since the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which killed more than\u2064 2,400 Americans.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The attacks struck\u200c the \u200bWorld Trade Center towers and the Pentagon and cost \u2063the lives of all the passengers on \u200bboard Flight 93 when they turned\u2064 on their hijackers over Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 3,000 people were \u200bkilled on 9\/11, with many more since dying from exposure to\u200b toxic smoke or to elements of the\u2062 crumbling buildings or as\u200c part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kurt-schlichter-cross-examining-the-climate-change-cultists\/\" title=\"Kurt Schlichter: Cross-Examining the Climate Change Cultists\">subsequent global war<\/a> on terror.<\/p>\n<p>Despite such brutality, President\u2062 Biden said, the ideals of America\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sept-11-bidens-memories-of-visiting-ground-zero-at-odds-with-records\/\" title=\"Biden's Ground Zero Visit: Memories Clash with Records\">founding remain\u200d intact<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>&#8220;Those terrorists\u200c could not touch what no \u2062force, no enemy, no day ever could. That is the soul of America,&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p> he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>&#8220;The soul of\u200c America is based on a sacred proposition. That we\u2019re all created equal.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sept. 11, President Biden emphasized the importance of remembering the horrific acts of terrorism that occurred in New York 22 years ago. However, doubts have emerged about the accuracy of his memories regarding his visit to Ground Zero the following day. 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