Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and New York mayor Zohran Mamdani were seen laughing during a solemn 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Ground Zero in lower Manhattan on Friday morning, as mourners stood silently nearby.
The pair appeared together during the gathering marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, when nearly 3,000 people were killed in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.
Images from the event showed the Democratic politicians smiling and laughing while relatives of victims and other attendees gathered at the World Trade Centre memorial to honour those who died.
The annual ceremony includes the reading of the victims’ names and moments of silence to mark the times when the hijacked aircraft struck the Twin Towers and when the buildings collapsed.
