Images: September 11 Observances Around the World and Nation
Images of September 11 memorials and observances around the world and nation. 2014 marks the 13th anniversary of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a plane lost in a Pennsylvania field.
Fire Chief Richard DeLorie salutes as the last alarm rings during the town's annual 9/11 Memorial Ceremony, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2014, in Wellesley, Mass. The two planes, hijacked by terrorists that crashed into New York's World Trade Center towers 13 years ago, departed from Logan International Airport in nearby Boston.
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Rick Sarmiento, center, embraces Karen Bingham, left, and Nancy Root, right, during a visit to the Flight 93 National Memorial on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014, Shanksville, Pa. Karen Bingham's son Mark Bingham was a passenger on Flight 93, as was Nancy Root's cousin Lorraine G. Bay. The memorial marks the spot where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed 13 years ago in a reclaimed strip mine some 75 miles southeast of Pittsburgh after passengers fought back against hijackers.
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Sam Pulia, mayor of Westchester, Ill., and a former police officer of the same town, mourns over the name of his cousin, New York firefighter Thomas Anthony Casoria, who was killed in the South Tower in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, prior to the memorial observances held at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. This year marks the 13th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people at the World Trade Center, Pentagon and on Flight 93 over Pennsylvania.
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A woman grieves at her husband's memorial at South Tower Memorial Pool during memorial observances on the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. Family and friends of those who died read the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed in New York, at the Pentagon and near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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Visitors to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa. listen as the names of the 40 passengers and crew of Flight 93 are read during a Service of Remembrance at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014.
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Keith E. Newlin of the National Park Service rings one of the bells of remembrance during a Service of Remembrance at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, as the nation marks the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Family and friends of the 40 passengers and crew of Flight 93 walk past the Wall of Names at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., as they arrive for a Service of Remembrance Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, as the nation marks the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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A single rose marks one of the names on the North Pool Memorial site during memorial observances on the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. Family and friends of those who died read the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed in New York, at the Pentagon and near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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Paola Braut, of Belgium, kisses a photograph of her son Patrice along the edge of the North Pool during memorial observances on the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. In New York, family members of those killed at the World Trade Center will read the names of the victims at a ceremony at ground zero.
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A woman places flowers in the inscribed names along the edge of the North Pool during memorial observances onthe 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. In New York, family members of those killed at the World Trade Center will read the names of the victims at a ceremony at ground zero.
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Lynn Greene, of Revere, Mass., pauses to honor attack victim Jesus Sanchez during a ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the terrorist attacks Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, at the Sept. 11 memorial at the Public Garden in Boston. The two planes hijacked by the terrorists and crashed in the World Trade Center towers 13 years ago departed from Logan International Airport in Boston. Sanchez, of Hudson, Mass., was an off-duty flight attendant aboard United Airlines Flight 175.
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A candle in memory of the one of the forty passengers and crew aboard Flight 93 is carried to the Wall of Names at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. Thursday marks the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
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Sophia Demos sits with her daughter, Evniki Tsokanis, 4, among a sea of American flags during a memorial Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, in Matthews, N.C., on the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, terrorist attacks. The 2,997 American flags are displayed for each person lost on Sept. 11, 2001.
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President Barack Obama faces toward the Pentagon, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, during an observance ceremony to mark the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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Brian Sommer, left, and Lito Deleon hold photos of their friend Wayne Russo, who died in the Sept 11, 2001 attacks, during memorial observances held at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. The three played together in the punk rock band "Stetz" in Union, N.J. in the 1980s. Family and friends of those who died read the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed in New York, at the Pentagon and near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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Members of the Choctawhatchee High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) display a flag during a Sept. 11 remembrance service Thursday Sept. 11, 2014, in front of the school in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
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A woman pauses at the edge of the North Pool during memorial observances on the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. In New York, family members of those killed at the World Trade Center will read the names of the victims at a ceremony at ground zero.
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Steven Spaltro, of Middletown, N.J., stands with his dog Tyson in front of the Empty Sky Memorial at Liberty State Park, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, in Jersey City, N.J. The country is observing the 13th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
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Tammi Powlen-Beck, of Bayonne, N.J., sits with her daughters Lauren Beck, 1, front right, and Jenna Beck, 3, at the Empty Sky Memorial at Liberty State Park, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, in Jersey City, N.J. The country is observing the 13th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
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President Barack Obama bows his head during a moment of silence at the Pentagon, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, during a ceremony to mark the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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Port Authority Police Officer Donna Przybyszewski takes a moment to herself before family members are let in for the memorial observances held at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, Sept. 11, 2014. This year marks the 13th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people at the World Trade Center, Pentagon and on Flight 93.
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President Barack Obama lays a wreath at the Pentagon, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, to mark the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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Janice Lynch, of Queens, pauses at the inscription of her friend Patricia Massani's name at the North Pool during memorial observances on the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. In New York, family members of those killed at the World Trade Center will read the names of the victims at a ceremony at ground zero.
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Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, left, and Maureen Gilligan place a wreath during a ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the terrorist attacks Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, at the Sept. 11 memorial at the Public Garden in Boston. Gilligan's brother, Gerard Dewan, was a firefighter who died in the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York. The two planes hijacked by the terrorists and crashed in the World Trade Center towers 13 years ago departed from Logan International Airport in Boston.
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Members of the New York Police Department, Fire Department of New York and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department carry an American flag at the beginning of the memorial observances on the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. In New York, family members of those killed at the World Trade Center will read the names of the victims at a ceremony at ground zero.
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Belinda Adams, left, wipes her face as she remembers her father, Patrick Adams, who died in the Sept 11, 2001 attacks, during memorial observances held at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. With her is her niece, Deeanne Cush, center, and her mother, Belinda Adams. In New York, family members of those killed at the World Trade Center will read the names of the victims at a ceremony at ground zero.
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Family members, from left, Mitch, Maggie and Zach Ellicott, from New Jersey, take photos of the new 1 World Trade Center from the North Pool during memorial observances on the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. In New York, family members of those killed at the World Trade Center will read the names of the victims at a ceremony at ground zero.
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Anthony DeBlase, left, and his mother Anita, right, hold the paper as Alexandra DeBlase rubs the name of their lost loved one James V DeBlase during memorial observances on the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. In New York, family members of those killed at the World Trade Center will read the names of the victims at a ceremony at ground zero.
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White roses are placed in an inscribed name along the edge of the North Pool during memorial observances on the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. In New York, family members of those killed at the World Trade Center will read the names of the victims at a ceremony at ground zero.
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Memorabilia left for a loved one at the North Pool during memorial observances on the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. In New York, family members of those killed at the World Trade Center will read the names of the victims at a ceremony at ground zero.
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1 World Trade Center is reflected in the side of a building as Tyrone McClave, of Bristol, Penn., looks up at it during a moment of silence on the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, in New York.
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Police officers, rear, patrol a few blocks from the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site before a ceremony marking the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, in New York.
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A Marine bugler plays Taps as President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and others, stand on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, as they mark the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama Vice President Joe Biden, and others, stand during the playing of Taps on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, as they observe a moment of silence to mark the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama stand on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, during the playing of Taps to mark the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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Flowers sit on one of the benches of the Pentagon Memorial at the at the Pentagon, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. President Barack Obama will attend the wreath laying later this morning to to mark the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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Thirteen United States flags representing the 13 original colonies are seen at Liberty State Park with 1 World Trade Center, bottom left, and the Statue of Liberty, bottom right, in the background, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, in Jersey City, N.J. The country is observing the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
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A woman walks with a child near United States flags with 1 World Trade Center, rear left, in the background, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, in Jersey City, N.J. The country is observing the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
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A woman reaches out to touch rose on one of the benches of the Pentagon Memorial at the at the Pentagon, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. President Barack Obama will attend the wreath laying later this morning to to mark the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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A flower is placed on Vincent Francis Giammona's name at the South Tower Memorial Pool before memorial observances held at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2014.
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Candles in memory of the 40 passengers and crew of Flight 93, are carried to the Wall of Names at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. Thursday marks the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
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Yachiyo Kuge, the mother of Toshiya Kuge who was a passenger on Flight 93, places origami birds near his name, at the Wall of Names at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. Thursday marks the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.)
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Visitors to the Flight 93 National Memorial hold a giant flag as they participate in a sunset memorial service at sunset on Wednesday, September 10, 2014.
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Sarah Kowalczyk, 6, from Lake Village, Indiana, holds a giant flag while participating in a sunset memorial service at the Flight 93 National Memorial on Wednesday, September 10, 2014.
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A firefighter with Engine 10 Company 10 puts on his gear as a call comes into his firehouse adjacent to the World Trade Center, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014 in New York. Three hundred forty three New York firefighters were killed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Port Authority Police Officer Donna Przybyszewski takes a moment to herself before family members are let in for the memorial observances held at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, Sept. 11, 2014. This year marks the 13th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people at the World Trade Center, Pentagon and on Flight 93.
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