NEW YORK (AP) - Neither of the two New Yorkers vying for the White House is expected to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks with a visit to ground zero.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are not slated to attend the annual commemoration at the former World Trade Center site on Sunday, a spokesman for the memorial told the Associated Press on Tuesday.
"We have not heard from either presidential candidate, nor the President of the United States, that they will be attending," according to Michael Frazier of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.
Neither Clinton nor Trump has released their public schedule for Sunday but both campaigns have confirmed they intend to halt television ads for the anniversary, keeping with a tradition of avoiding partisan presidential politics on 9/11.
Officials at the September 11th Memorial & Museum in New York have said that they did not extend formal invitations to either candidate or to the sitting president, in keeping with past practice. But, officials said they would welcome a visit from either candidate or the president should they choose to attend the commemoration.