Images: National 9/11 memorial services
A young boy scratches the name on paper as friends and relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center attend a ceremony marking the 11th anniversary of the attacks at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.
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New York City Police Dept. bugler Gabe Perdomo warms up while standing next to the South Pool of the World Trade Center Memorial, during the 11th anniversary ceremonies, in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.
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Alicia Watkins, of Washington, D.C., makes a rubbing of a friends name at the South Pool of the World Trade Center Memorial during the 11th anniversary observance at the site in New York, Tuesday Sept. 11, 2012.
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Shadows are cast on the memorial wall during the commemoration ceremony of the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks by the North Pool at World Trade Center in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.
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The World Trade Center Flag is presented as friends and relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center attend a ceremony marking the 11th anniversary of the attacks at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.
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Airline pilots Capt. Anthony Chapman, right, and Capt. Paul Evans salute with others as the U.S. flag is lowered to half staff at the 9/11 Flight Crew Memorial in Grapevine, Texas, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. Flight crews gathered at the memorial near DFW airport to remember the flight crews lost in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
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Nina Fisher, sister of 9/11 victim Andrew Fisher, embraces her niece Mia Tinson, 9, at a ceremony marking the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in New York.
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Katie Pakenham, left, whose brother was killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, and Teresa Methai, whose husband Joseph Methai was also killed, embrace each other as they stand in front of the Sept. 11 memorial on Boston Public Garden, following a wreath-laying ceremony in Boston on the 11th anniversary of the attacks on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.
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A firefighters hat rests on names of firefighters at the south reflecting pool who died in the attacks at the World Trade Center, during the 11th anniversary observance at the World Trade Center Memorial, in New York, Tuesday Sept. 11, 2012.
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Police officers of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, carry an American flag that flew over the World Trade Center towers, during the 11th anniversary ceremonies at the site of the World Trade Center, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in New York.
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Sofia, Dominick, and Maureen Esposito, left to right, listen as the name of their relative Frankie Esposito is read during the observance of the 11th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in New York.
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A man gathers with friends and relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center at a ceremony marking the 11th anniversary of the attacks at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.
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Amelia Tedesco of Staten Island, N.Y. touches the name of her son-in-law Walter Baran of Staten Island, N.Y. during observances held on the 11th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, at the site in New York, September 11, 2012. Baran was killed on the 90th floor of the south tower during the attacks.
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Friends and relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center attend a ceremony marking the 11th anniversary of the attacks at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.
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Marcio Rodriguez holds a United States flag as he pays respects in front of the construction site of One World Trade Center during the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in New York.
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Police Officers of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey carry an American flag that flew over at the World Trade Center towers during a ceremony marking the 11th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.
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Friends and relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, look over a reflecting pool during a ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.
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Marcio Rodriguez holds a United States flag as he pays respects in front of the construction site of One World Trade Center during the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in New York.
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Lt. Paul Ladouceur, with the Panama City Fire Department, helps raise a flag before the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony in Panama City, Fla. on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.
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Brooke Warren looks back across the Hudson River as she walks her dogs at Liberty State Park Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Jersey City, N.J. Americans paused again Tuesday to mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks with familiar ceremonies, but also a sense that its time to move forward after a decade of remembrance. As in past years, thousands were expected to gather at the World Trade Center site in New York, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pa., to read the names of nearly 3,000 victims killed in the worst terror attack in U.S. history.
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Friends and relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center attend a ceremony marking the 11th anniversary of the attacks at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, kneeling left, and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, right, speak with Miah Afsaruddin at ceremonies for the 11th anniversary of the attacks at the World Trade Center, in New York, Tuesday Sept. 11, 2012. Afsaruddin, from Bangladesh, lost his son Nural Miah and daughter-in-law Shakila Yasmin in the 9/11 attacks.
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Friends and relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center attend a ceremony marking the 11th anniversary of the attacks at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.)
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The World Trade Center Flag is presented as friends and relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center attend a ceremony marking the 11th anniversary of the attacks at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.
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Police officers of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, carry an American flag that flew over at the World Trade Center towers, during the 11th anniversary ceremonies at the site of the World Trade Center, in New York, Tuesday Sept. 11, 2012.
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Tina Grazioso, left, looks at the name of her husband, John Grazioso, who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, during the 11th anniversary observance of the attacks at the World Trade Center Memorial in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. At right is John Graziosos sister, Carolee Azzarello.
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Flight attendants Barbara Depwe, second from right, Linda Sorenson, right, and Jean Burke watch the U.S. flag lowered to half staff at the 9/11 Flight Crew Memorial in Grapevine, Texas, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. Flight crews gathered at the memorial near DFW airport to remember the flight crews lost in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
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Workers unfurl a flag hanging from the wall of One World Trade Center as friends and relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center attend a ceremony marking the 11th anniversary of the attacks at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.
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The construction of One World Trade Center, now up to 104 floors, is seen Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, across the Hudson River as people walk at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J., in Empty Sky, New Jerseys memorial to the 749 people from the state lost during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Americans paused again Tuesday to mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks with familiar ceremonies, but also a sense that its time to move forward after a decade of remembrance.
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Clever Rivas drew the twin towers on the paper as he copied his brothers name, Moises N. Rivas, who died during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, during the commemoration ceremony of the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks by the North Pool at World Trade Center in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.
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Alicia Watkins remembers a friend who died at the Pentagon during a ceremony marking the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.
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A New York City Police officer salutes a flag hanging from the One World Trade Center building, during ceremonies for the 11th anniversary of the attacks at the World Trade Center, in New York, Tuesday Sept. 11, 2012.
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An American flag is inserted in one of the of names engraved at the north reflecting pool at the World Trade Center Memorial, during the 11th anniversary observance of the attacks at the World Trade Center, in New York, Sept. 11 2012. (AP Photo/Mike Segar, Reuters, Pool)
Marcio Rodriguez holds a United States flag as he pays respects in front of the construction site of One World Trade Center during the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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A small American flag rests on the name of Frances Ann Cilente who worked and died at the World Trade Center during the commemoration ceremony of the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks by the North Pool at World Trade Center in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/The New York Times, Chang W. Lee, Pool)
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Grapevine firefighter Capt. Jamey Shipler rings a bell at 7:46 a.m. at the 9/11 Flight Crew Memorial in Grapevine, Texas, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. Flight crews gathered at the memorial near DFW airport to remember the flight crews lost in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
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A woman becomes emotional after reading the name of her father as friends and relatives of the victims of 9/11 gather for a ceremony marking the 11th anniversary of the attacks at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in New York.
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Police Officers of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey carry an American flag that flew over at the World Trade Center towers during a ceremony marking the 11th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.
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Luz Maria Arismeldy tears up while stopping in front of the construction site of One World Trade Center during the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in New York.
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