Trump, Biden Use 9/11 Visits to Check Off Vital Political Box

The two are appearing at different times at plane crash site
Biden, Pence mark day at Ground Zero in New York in morning

The Tower of Voices at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.Photographer: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

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By Jordan Fabian, Jennifer Epstein, and Daniel Flatley

September 11, 2020 at 8:00 AM UTC

Updated on

September 11, 2020 at 6:08 PM UTC

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Donald Trump and Joe Biden are signaling on Friday that their paths to the White House run through Pennsylvania, as each commemorated the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks near the town of Shanksville, where one of the hijacked planes crashed in 2001.

The president and his challenger visited at different times, avoiding a face-to-face encounter.