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    A woman pays her respects during the commemoration ceremony at the September 11 Memorial Plaza in New York City, attended by thousands of family members of victims of the 2001 and 1993 attacks.
    Wang Lei | Xinhua/ZUMA24.com
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    Firefighter Lt. Paul Ladouceur helps raise a flag before a Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony Tuesday in Panama City, Fla.
    Andrew Wardlow | The (Panama City, Fla.) News Herald
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    Sept. 11, 2012 - Bakersfield, California, U.S. - Bakersfield High JROTC Capt. RONNISHA WHITFIELD salutes as the United States flag is lowered to half-staff at 9/11 ceremonies on the campus.
    Felix Adamo | ZUMA24.com
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    Shannon and Lauren Gullickson scratch the name of their uncle, Firefighter Joe Gullickson, 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.
    Todd Maisel | AP
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    Sept. 11, 2012 - Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. - Memphis firefighter DAVID SCHLAUCH helps refold a giant American flag after the annual September 11th Fire Services Memorial at the Fire Museum Tuesday morning.
    Jim Weber | ZUMA24.com
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    Lexington County Fire Department Battalion Chief, Glenn Williams, holds his son, Preston Williams, 3, as they bow their head in prayer during a 9/ 11 memorial at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in Columbia, South Carolina on Thursday, September 11, 2012. The memorial was also in memory of S.C. Midlands first responders.
    C. Aluka Berry | MCT
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    Patriot Guard rider and U.S. Navy veteran Ron Connally, center, of Oak Harbor, holds a flag at the 9/11 ceremony at Evergreen-Rotary Park in Bremerton, Wash. on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.
    Larry Steagall | AP
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    The Tribute in Light lights up lower Manhattan, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 on the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)
    Henny Ray Abrams | AP
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    The Tribute in Light shines above 1 World Trade Center, left, and 7 World Trade Center, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in New York. Today marks the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
    Mark Lennihan | AP
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    Law enforcement officers stand near the podium on Tuesday, September 11, 2012, during a 9/ 11 remembrance service at the Southridge 9/ 11 Memorial in Kennewick, Washington. A few hundred people attended the service honoring the lives lost in the terror attacks 11 years ago.
    Richard Dickin | MCT
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    Jayden Dietzman, 4, of Bremerton, Wash., wears his firefighters outfit as he sits inside the wheel of the semi-tailer carrying steel beams from the World Trade Center, which came down on Sept 11, 2001 in New York City. He wants to be a firefighter when he grows up and was resting in the wheel after the 9/11 ceremony was over at Evergreen-Rotary Park in Bremerton, Wash., on Tuesday Sept. 11, 2012.
    Larry Steagall | AP
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    Sacramento Fire Capt. Eric Guida salutes the memorial atop the Renaissance Tower on Tuesday to honor firefighters killed in New York in the 9/11 attacks. Firefighters climbed 110 stories in memory of their East Coast counterparts.
    Randy Pench | rpench@sacbee.com
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    The Tribute in Light shines above the World Trade Center and the Statue of Liberty, left of center, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 as seen from Bayonne, N.J. Tuesday will mark the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The tallest tower is 1 World Trade Center, now up to 105 floors. In the center is 4 World Trade Center. The Empire State Building is left, and the Brooklyn Bridge is right.
    Mark Lennihan | AP
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    Visitors to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum look at one of two reflecting pools at the World Trade Center, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012 in New York. Tuesday will mark the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
    Mark Lennihan | AP
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    Forty luminaria are placed at the wall of names in memory of the 40 passengers and crew of United Flight 93 at the Flight 93 National Memorial at sunset on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 in Shanksville, Pa. Tuesday marks the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
    Gene J. Puskar | AP
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    Visitors to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., participate in a sunset memorial service on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. Tuesday marks the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
    Gene J. Puskar | AP
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    Some 2,977 American flags representing each person killed in the attacks of September 11 decorate a lawn on the campus of Georgia Tech Institute of Technology Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, in Atlanta. Tuesday will mark the eleventh anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
    David Goldman | AP
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    Visitors to the National September 11 Memorial walk below the rising towers 1 World Trade Center, left, and 4 World Trade Center, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 in New York. Tuesday will mark the eleventh anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
    Mark Lennihan | AP
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    One World Trade Center, center, rises above the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012 in New York. Tuesday will mark the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
    Mark Lennihan | AP
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    Photos of victims of the attacks of September 11 and messages from their loved ones, are shown at a news conference, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 in New York. On the eve of the Sept. 11 anniversary, the faces and recorded voices of those who died have been unveiled as part of the future 9/11 Memorial Museum.
    Mark Lennihan | AP
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    Electronic images of victims of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, part of a future touch-screen display, are shown during a news conference, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 in New York. On the eve of the Sept. 11 anniversary, the faces and recorded voices of those who died have been unveiled as part of the future 9/11 Memorial Museum.
    Mark Lennihan | AP
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    Photos of victims of the attacks of September 11, and messages from their loved ones, are shown at a news conference, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 in New York. On the eve of the Sept. 11 anniversary, the faces and recorded voices of those who died have been unveiled as part of the future 9/11 Memorial Museum.
    Mark Lennihan | AP
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    Firefighters take a break after climbing the Tennessee Tower to the 28th floor before doing it again, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, in Nashville. Firefighters from across Tennessee and six other states paid tribute to the 343 New York City firefighters that perished in the World Trade Center by climbing the Tennessee Tower four times. Each carried a name and a photograph of a firefighter who perished on Sept. 11, 2001.
    Larry McCormack | AP
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    Jessica Huynh, top, and Alana Roecker brush in the colors of a paint-by-number canvas of the original World Trade Center towers, at a news conference, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 in New York. On the eve of the Sept. 11 anniversary, the faces and recorded voices of those who died have been unveiled as part of the future 9/11 Memorial Museum.
    Mark Lennihan | AP
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    Chris Kayder and his daughter, Cadence, walk among the flags honoring those who died in the 9/11 attacks Monday, Sept 10, 2012 at the healing field in Tempe, Ariz. Volunteers set up 2,996 American flags Sunday morning for the annual Healing Field memorial in Tempe that honors those who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Each flag represents a person who lost his or her life in the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania in 2001, and are marked with placards with the name of victims, information about them and where they died.
    Matt York | AP
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    One World Trade Center, center, rises above the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012 in New York. Tuesday will mark the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The World Financial Center is on the left, and Four World Trade Center is at right.
    Mark Lennihan | AP
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    One World Trade Center, is now up to 104 floors, rises above the lower Manhattan skyline, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012 in New York. Tuesday will mark the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
    Mark Lennihan | AP

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