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Remembering Sept. 11 — 16 years later

WASHINGTON — Sixteen years have passed since the 9/11 attacks. See how the nation observes the day.

Flowers lay over the names of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks before a ceremony at ground zero in New York, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. Holding photos and reading names of loved ones lost 16 years ago, 9/11 victims' relatives marked the anniversary of the attacks at ground zero on Monday with a solemn and personal ceremony. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Flowers lay over the names of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks before a ceremony at ground zero in New York, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. Holding photos and reading names of loved ones lost 16 years ago, 9/11 victims’ relatives marked the anniversary of the attacks at ground zero on Monday with a solemn and personal ceremony. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Flowers lay over the names of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks before a ceremony at ground zero in New York, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. Holding photos and reading names of loved ones lost 16 years ago, 9/11 victims' relatives marked the anniversary of the attacks at ground zero on Monday with a solemn and personal ceremony. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
West Virginia National Guard Staff Sgt. Sean Ruth, center, mourns the loss of his father, Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 William Ruth, who died in the September 11 attack on the Pentagon, while at the September 11th Pentagon Memorial on the 16th anniversary at the Pentagon, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
James Taormina, whose brother Dennis Taormina was killed during the Sept. 11 attacks stands by the side of the north waterfall pool before the a ceremony at ground zero in New York, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. Holding photos and reading names of loved ones lost 16 years ago, 9/11 victims' relatives marked the anniversary of the attacks with a solemn and personal ceremony. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
U.S. and NATO soldiers stand guard during a ceremony to commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York, in Resolute Support headquarters, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. (AP Photos/Rahmat Gul)
A man places flowers at the edge of the north waterfall pool during a ceremony at ground zero in New York, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. Holding photos and reading names of loved ones lost 16 years ago, 9/11 victims' relatives marked the anniversary of the attacks at ground with a solemn and personal ceremony. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A civilian contractor cries during a ceremony to commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York, in Resolute Support headquarters, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. (AP Photos/Rahmat Gul)
An American flag stands over the names of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks before a ceremony at ground zero in New York, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. Holding photos and reading names of loved ones lost 16 years ago, 9/11 victims' relatives marked the anniversary of the attacks at ground zero on Monday with a solemn and personal ceremony. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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