Across the United States, people are remembering the fallen and honoring the lives reshaped by the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attack. Nearly 3,000 people were killed 23 years ago as 19 al-Qaida hijackers seized control of four jetliners, sending two of the planes into New York’s World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and the fourth into a field in western Pennsylvania. It remains the deadliest terror attack in history.
In Photos: US honors fallen on 23rd anniversary of 9/11
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A New Jersey police officer holds an American fag before the start of the ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial on the 23rd anniversary of the terror attacks, in New York, Sept. 11, 2024.
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Members of the Secret Service and law enforcement officers secure the area during an event marking the 23rd anniversary of the attacks on the United States, near the Flight 93 Memorial in Stoystown, near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Sept. 11, 2024.
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Mercedes Arias stands by the name of her father Joseph Amatuccio on the south pool during the 9/11 memorial ceremony on the 23rd anniversary of the attacks, in New York, Sept. 11, 2024.
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A flag hangs from the top of the Pentagon during a dawn 9/11 remembrance ceremony in Washington, Sept. 11, 2024.