Both campaigns have agreed to pull their ads on Sept. 11, a tradition that presidential campaigns have observed in the two previous election cycles since the 2001 terrorist attacks, the AP reports.
The campaigns of President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney confirmed Wednesday that they would honor a request for an ad moratorium made by a New York-based civic group that promotes Sept. 11 as a national day for community service.
In a letter to both candidates last week, MyGoodDeed.org founders David Paine and Jay Winuk, whose brother died at the World Trade Center, urged the candidates to make the day about unity, not politics.
“We are making this request … so that the families of those lost, and the nation as a whole, can dedicate 9/11 to, and focus on remembering in prayer, and honoring through service, the 9/11 victims, rescue and recovery workers and the many individuals who rose to defend our nation in response to the attacks,” the letters said.
