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September 11, 2008
Seventh anniversary of Sept. 11

The nation paused Thursday to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with heartfelt remembrances at the World Trade Center site, the dedication of a memorial at the Pentagon and a planned visit to ground zero by the presidential candidates.(22 images)


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A woman throws a rose into the reflecting pool during a commemoration ceremony at Ground Zero on the seventh anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008 in New York. AP / Julie Jacobson


A man walks through a flag memorial at the Pentagon during a ceremony marking the 7th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. AP/ Susan Walsh


New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, right, drops a flower in a reflecting pool in honor of those who lost their lives in the attacks on the World Trade Center seven years ago in a ceremony at the site Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008 in New York. AP / Mark Lennihan



Visitors to the temporary Flight 93 memorial in Shanksville, Pa., participate in a sunrise memorial on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. AP / Gene J. Puskar


Seven years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, President Bush and first lady Laura Bush, left, accompanied by Vice President Dick Cheney and his Lynne, and White House staff, observe a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008.  AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais


People listen to the reading of the names of those who died during the Sept 11 attacks, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008, during a memorial service at the Pentagon. AP / Susan Walsh


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A man sits on a bench dedicated to a victim of the Sept. 11 attack on the Pentagon, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008, after a dedication ceremony for the memorial on the seventh anniversary of the attacks at the Pentagon. AP / Gerald Herbert



With former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld next to him, President Bush concludes his remarks during a memorial ceremony at the Pentagon, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008, marking the 7th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center. AP / Susan Walsh


A group of people look watch the Sept. 11 ceremony from Broadway, Sept. 11, 2008 in New York City. This marks the 7th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. AP / Stephen Chernin


A mourner holds a picture of a victim of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks before the start of a memorial ceremony Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008 in New York. Throngs of family members of victims and others gathered in lower Manhattan for the annual ceremony. AP / Chris Hondros


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Michelle Haskett-Godbee, center, stands with her son Imini, front, and daughter Kai, right, at a ceremony  marking the seventh anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. Godbee's husband, New York Police Officer James Godbee, died in 2004 of lung disease after working at the trade center site.  AP / Timothy Clary



A group of people  watch and take part in  the Sept. 11 ceremony from Broadway, Sept. 11, 2008 in New York City. This marks the 7th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. AP / Stephen Chernin


Mourners are comforted during a ceremony to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008 in New York. AP / James Estrin


Roses for the ceremony marking the seventh anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center are ready for the family of the victims, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008 in New York. Moments of silence were planned to mark the times that two hijacked jetliners crashed into the twin towers, along with the moments that the buildings collapsed.  AP / Mary Altaffe


A U.S soldier carry U.S flag during a ceremony marking the 7th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, at the Bagram airbase north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept 11, 2008. U.S. troops in Afghanistan remembered those killed in the Sept. 11 attacks during a ceremony where a top U.S. general said terrorism still remains a threat to the world. AP / Rafiq Maqbool


A U.S. officer weeps during a ceremony to mark the 7th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, at Bagram airbase, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008.   AP / Rafiq Maqbool


Second-grade children from Kirtland Elementary School walk past flags representing those killed in the Sept. 11 terrorists attacks Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008, in Kirtland, Ohio.  The flags were placed there by the 9-11 Never Forget Project. AP / Tony Dejak


United Airlines employee Gary Covitz pauses Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2008, in Boston at a memorial to passengers and crew killed on hijacked planes that flew from Logan International Airport and crashed into the World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001. Covitz was a co-worker of Marianne MacFarlane, a customer service representative for United from Revere Mass., who died on United Flight 175, which crashed into the World Trade Center south tower. At right is a panel of names for those killed on American Airlines Flight 11, which crashed into the north tower. AP / Bizuayehu Tesfaye


Family members of those who died during the 9/ 11 attacks on the World Trade Center gather at a reflecting pool at Ground Zero during a commemoration ceremony at on the seventh anniversary of the attacks,Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008 in New York. AP / Julie Jacobson


A visitor to the temporary Flight 93 memorial in Shanksville, Pa., pauses on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008, at the angels that represent each of the 33 passengers and seven crew members who lost their lives here seven years ago.  AP / Gene J. Puskar


University of Wyoming Marine Corps Officer Candidate P.J. Ostlund places rows of flags for a 9/ 11 memorial with other students in the center of the UW campus in Laramie, Wyo. on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008.   Laramie Boomerang / Ben Woloszyn


A bell is tolled to honor each of the people killed during the Sept. 11 attacks, Thursday, Sept. 11,2008, at the Pentagon during a memorial ceremony. AP / Susan Walsh


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