Images: America remembers September 11
See September 11 remembrances from around the nation on the 14th anniversary of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a downed passenger jet in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
A visitor pauses at the Wall of Names at sunrise before a Service of Remembrance at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, as the nation marks the 14th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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A woman holds a photograph during a ceremony at the World Trade Center site in New York on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. Sept. 11 victims' relatives marked the anniversary of the terror attacks Friday in a subdued gathering at ground zero, saying their determination to commemorate their loss publicly hadn't dimmed even as 14 years have passed and crowds at the ceremony have thinned.
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Marquavious Jackson, a sophomore student and member of the JROTC, holds a flag to be raised at half-staff during a ceremony marking the 14th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, at Clarke Central High School in Athens, Ga.
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Two Emergency Medical Technicians pause to look at the names on the "Empty Sky" memorial to New Jersey's victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks early Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, in Jersey City, N.J. Victims' relatives began marking the 14th anniversary of Sept. 11 in a subdued gathering Friday at ground zero, with a moment of silence and somber reading of names.
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From left, former mayors of New York, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg and Mayor Bill de Blasio attend a ceremony at the World Trade Center site in New York on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. Sept. 11 victims' relatives marked the anniversary of the terror attacks Friday in a subdued gathering at ground zero, saying their determination to commemorate their loss publicly hadn't dimmed even as 14 years have passed and crowds at the ceremony have thinned.
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First responders attend a dedication ceremony for the "9/11 Resiliency Plaza" Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, in downtown Benton Harbor, Mich. The plaza features a 500-pound steel beam artifact recovered from the September 11, 2001, wreckage of the World Trade Center in New York.
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Michigan State Representative Al Pscholka takes a look at the 9/11 Resiliency Plaza Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, in downtown Benton Harbor, Mich. The plaza features a 500-pound steel beam artifact recovered from the September 11, 2001, wreckage of the World Trade Center in New York.
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U.S. Navy sailors perform a gun salute, during a Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. Sailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier commemorated the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks with a small ceremony while conducting regular duties in the Persian Gulf on Friday.
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A U.S. Navy sailor throws a wreath into the Persian Gulf, as another sailor salutes, during a Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony on USS Theodore Roosevelt, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. Sailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier commemorated the Sept. 11 2001, terror attacks with a small ceremony while conducting regular duties in the Persian Gulf on Friday.
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Michigan sophomore Derek Lowen places one of 2,977 small American flags in the ground as part of the 9/11 Never Forget Project memorial at the Diag at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbo on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015.
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Julia Hernandez is reflected in a photo of a relative during a ceremony at the World Trade Center site in New York on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. Hundreds of victims' relatives gathered for what has become a tradition of tolling bells, moments of silence and the reading of the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror strikes at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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Firefighter Pete Baretsky walks among the flags at Romare Bearden Park in Charlotte, N.C. Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. 2,997 flags were placed in the park in the shape of the twin towers to honor the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Indianapolis Airport Firefighter Mitch Jenkins place a firefighters helmet on a table during a ceremony to commemorate the 14th anniversary of Sept. 11 terror attacks at the Indianapolis International Airport Friday, Sept. 11, 2015 in Indianapolis.
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Retired New York City firefighter Joseph McCormick visits the South Pool prior to a ceremony at the World Trade Center site in New York on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. With a moment of silence and somber reading of names, victims' relatives began marking the 14th anniversary of Sept. 11 in a subdued gathering Friday at ground zero.
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A woman holds a photograph of firefighter George Cain during a ceremony at the World Trade Center site in New York on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. With a moment of silence and somber reading of names, victims' relatives began marking the 14th anniversary of Sept. 11 in a subdued gathering Friday at ground zero.
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A woman walks past thousands of flags placed to honor of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in front of Hankins & Whittington Funeral Home in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Sept. 11, 2015.
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A U.S. flag is draped on the side of the Pentagon, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, where the building was attacked on September 11th in 2001, on the 14th anniversary of the attack.
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Army Sgt. Edwin Morales prays during a ceremony at the World Trade Center site in New York on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. With a moment of silence and somber reading of names, victims' relatives began marking the 14th anniversary of Sept. 11 in a subdued gathering Friday at ground zero.
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Marquavious Jackson, a sophomore student and member of the JROTC, holds a flag to be raised at half-staff during a ceremony marking the 14th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, at Clarke Central High School in Athens, Ga.
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A message memorializing a son is wrapped around a flag at the Ohio Statehouse lawn on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015 in Columbus, Ohio. The Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board, which oversees the Statehouse grounds, says the flags represent the lives lost during the 2001 attacks.
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A runner slows to look at the names on the "Empty Sky" memorial to New Jersey's victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks early Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, in Jersey City, N.J. Victims' relatives began marking the 14th anniversary of Sept. 11 in a subdued gathering Friday at ground zero, with a moment of silence and somber reading of names.
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The names are seen on the "Empty Sky" memorial to New Jersey's victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, as 1 World Trade Center, center left, stands on the 14th anniversary, early Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, in Jersey City, N.J. Victims' relatives began marking the 14th anniversary of Sept. 11 in a subdued gathering Friday at ground zero, with a moment of silence and somber reading of names.
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Jimmie Corley and wife, Rosiland Corley look for the name of a family member on the "Empty Sky" memorial to New Jersey's victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks early Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, in Jersey City, N.J. Victims' relatives began marking the 14th anniversary of Sept. 11 in a subdued gathering Friday at ground zero, with a moment of silence and somber reading of names.
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Betsy Wolk, with her husband Herb Wolk, of Columbia, Md., wipes her eyes as they visit the bench dedicated to their son-in-law, Navy Lt. Darin Pontell, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, at the Pentagon Memorial on the 14th anniversary of the September 11th attacks.
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White House staff listen as a bugler plays "Taps" during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, with President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama to observe the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Visitors to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., participate in a memorial service Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, as the nation marks the 14th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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At the Pentagon Memorial a K-9 officer pauses as he looks toward the U.S. flag as it is draped on the side of the Pentagon where the building was attacked on September 11th in 2001, on the 14th anniversary of the attack, Friday Sept. 11, 2015, in Washington.
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Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), Gen. John Campbell, speaks during a memorial ceremony on the fourteenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States at the headquarters of the International Security Assistance Force, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015.
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NATO forces stand behind a wreath during a memorial ceremony on the fourteenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States at the headquarters of the International Security Assistance Force, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015.
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Family and friends of the 40 crew and passengers of United Flight 93 gather around a boulder that marks the crash site after a Service of Remembrance at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, as the nation marks the 14th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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A visitor to the Flight 93 National Memorial Visitors Center pauses on an observation deck before a Service of Remembrance at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. Hundreds of victims' relatives gathered for what has become a tradition of tolling bells, moments of silence and the reading of the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror strikes at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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Marquavious Jackson, a sophomore student and member of the JROTC, holds a flag to be raised at half-staff during a ceremony marking the 14th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, at Clarke Central High School in Athens, Ga.
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Paul Murdoch, the architect of the Flight 93 National Memorial Visitors Center, rings a bell each time the name of one of the 40 crew and passengers of United Flight 93 is read during a Service of Remembrance at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. Hundreds of victims' relatives gathered for what has become a tradition of tolling bells, moments of silence and the reading of the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror strikes at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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A JROTC member salutes during the singing of the national anthem during a ceremony marking the 14th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, at Clarke Central High School in Athens, Ga.
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United States Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, front right, leads a group including Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, second from left, down a path from the Flight 93 National Memorial Visitors Center, rear, after a remembrance service in Shanksville, Pa, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. Hundreds of victims' relatives gathered for what has become a tradition of tolling bells, moments of silence and the reading of the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror strikes at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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A man stands over the The Ohio Statehouse lawn where flags memorializing victims of 911 flags will fly through the weekend on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015 in Columbus. The Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board, which oversees the Statehouse grounds, says the flags represent the lives lost during the 2001 attacks.
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Firefighters climb stairs to honor the first responders killed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks during the 2nd Annual 9-11 Memorial Stair Climb on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015 in Columbus, Ohio. Hundreds of participants made two and a half laps around the stadium going up enough stairs to equal the 110 stories in each of the World Trade Center twin towers.
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