Biden and Harris hold vigil for 400,000 COVID-19 dead as bells toll across US – video

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have honoured the more than 400,000 Americans who have died from Covid-19 at a lighting ceremony in Washington. Between sundown and dusk, let us shine the lights in the darkness along the sacred pool of reflection, remember all whom we lost,' Biden said. Lori Marie Key, a nurse from Michigan, sang Amazing Grace and the gospel singer Yolanda Adams sang Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. The memorial took place at the Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial, with 400 lights placed around the pool to commemorate the 400,000 American victims of the pandemic. The memorial also included 400 bell tolls at the National Cathedral and churches across the country

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