To mark the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, President Joe Biden recalled visiting the site where the Wor
at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska, Biden said:"I join you on this solemn day to renew our sacred vow: Never forget. Never forget. We never forget. Each of us, each of those precious lives stolen too soon when evil attacked. Ground Zero in New York — I remember standing there the next day, and looking at the building. And I felt like I was looking through the gates of hell, it looked so devastating because of the way — from where you could stand.
However, Biden was not at Ground Zero"the next day," which would have been Sept. 12, 2001. On that date, Biden — who was then the U.S. Senator from Delaware — was one of many senators whoIn a statement to PolitiFact, the White House clarified that Biden was at Ground Zero nine days after the attacks, as part of a bipartisan Senate delegation.that"one of the largest groups of U.S.
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