10 things you need to know today: September 11, 2021

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1. U.S. marks 20th anniversary of 9/11

Commemoration events are set to take place throughout the United States on Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. President Biden is scheduled to visit all three sites where the hijacked planes either hit their targets or crashed. Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden spent the morning alongside former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton for a memorial event at Ground Zero in New York. Biden is then set to travel to the Flight 93 memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where the final plane crashed before reaching its intended target. Former President George W. Bush, who was in office at the time, is set to deliver remarks at the site. Finally, Biden will participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.