claim: President Joe Biden claimed in a Sept. 11, 2023 speech that he was in New York City where the World Trade Center towers fell the day after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
evidence: Speaking to the nation in a recorded address yesterday from the White House, the president addressed the nation and the families of the 2,977 people from more than 90 nations who were killed that fateful day at the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a countryside field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania — in addition to the thousands more who were injured. ''America and the world commemorate you and your loved ones — the pieces of your soul,'' Biden said, addressing family members of those who perished that day. [...] The Bidens attended the 20th memorial service today at 1 World Trade Center, at ground zero where the World Trade Center Twin Towers were attacked on 9/11. Also in attendance were former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama; and former president Bill Clinton and former first lady Hillary Clinton. Former president George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush attended the 9/11 memorial service in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where terrorists overtook United Airlines Flight 93 that day and the plane crashed into a countryside field before it reached its reported destination of the U.S. Capitol.