US commemorates 9/11 attacks with victims in focus — and politics in view

Kamala Harris and Joe Biden were among the dignitaries at the attack site (AP)

The US is remembering the lives taken and those reshaped by 9/11, marking an anniversary laced with presidential campaign politics as President Joe Biden, former president Donald Trump and vice president Kamala Harris stood together in the plaza where the twin towers once stood.

September 11 — the date when hijacked plane attacks killed nearly 3,000 people in 2001 — falls in the thick of the presidential election season every four years, and it comes at an especially pointed moment this time.