September 11, 2011
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September 11, 2001
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Hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 from Boston crashes into the south tower of the World Trade Center and explodes at 9:03 a.m. on September 11, 2001 in New York City. The crash of two airliners hijacked by terrorists loyal to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and subsequent collapse of the twin towers killed some 2,800 people.
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September 11, 2001
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Pedestrians on the waterfront in Brooklyn, New York, look across the East River to the burning World Trade Center towers 11 September, 2001 after a terrorist attack.
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September 11, 2001
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Spectators look up as the World Trade Center goes up in flames September 11, 2001 in New York City after two airplanes slammed into the twin towers in an alleged terrorist attack.
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September 11, 2001
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Pedestrians walk across the Brooklyn Bridge away from the burning World Trade towers before their collapse 11 September, 2001. Both towers were hit by reportedly hijacked passenger planes in a suspected terrorist attack. Both towers later collapsed.
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September 11, 2001
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Smoke spews from a tower of the World Trade Center September 11, 2001 after two hijacked airplanes hit the twin towers in an alleged terrorist attack on New York City.
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September 11, 2001
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This 11 September 2001 file photo from an early morning school reading event Sarasota, Florida, shows White house Chief of Staff Andrew Card (L) informing US President George W. Bush (R) of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. A bipartisan US commission pins the blame for the 11 September 2001 terror attacks on a broad array of lapses by federal and local law enforcement officials and intelligence agencies, in its final report to be released 22 July 2004.
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September 11, 2001
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Smoke pours from the twin towers of the World Trade Center after they were hit by two hijacked airliners in a terrorist attack September 11, 2001 in New York City.
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September 11, 2001
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The twin towers of World Trade Center burn after two planes crashed into each building 11 September, 2001, in New York. The suspected terrorist attacks caused the collapsed of the towers.
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September 11, 2001
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Smoke comes out from the Southwest E-ring of the Pentagon building September 11, 2001 in Arlington, Va., after a plane crashed into the building and set off a huge explosion.
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September 11, 2001
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Officials examine the crater 11 September 2001 at the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The plane from Newark, New Jersey, and bound for San Francisco, California, is believed to have been hijacked and crashed in the field killing all 45 people on board.
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September 11, 2001
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Smoke billows up from the ground after one of the towers of the twin towers of the World Trade Center towers collapsed 11 September, 2001 in New York.
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September 11, 2001
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The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses sending dust and smoke into the streets 11 September, 2001, in New York. Two planes crashed into the towers which later collapsed.
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September 11, 2001
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Pedestrians run from the scene as one of the World Trade Center Towers collapses 11 September, 2001 in New York following a terrorist plane crash on the twin towers.
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September 11, 2001
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People run away as the North Tower of World Trade Center collapses after a hijacked airliner hit the building September 11, 2001 in New York City.
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September 11, 2001
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A firefighter breaks down after the World Trade Center buildings collapsed September 11, 2001 after two hijacked airplanes slammed into the twin towers in a terrorist attack.
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September 11, 2001
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This file photo dated 11 September 2001shows one of the towers of the World Trade Center beginning to collapse after suspected terrorist controlled hijacked airliners crashed into both buildings. The all-out war on terrorism unleashed by Washington after the attacks marked a turning point in US-Arab relations and nowhere more so than in once top ally Saudi Arabia. With 15 of the 19 suicide hijackers carrying Saudi nationality and mastermind Osama bin Laden being the scion of a leading Saudi family, the desert kingdom and world oil kingpin, suddenly found itself on the frontline of the war on terror prosecuted by US President George W. Bush.
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September 11, 2001
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This 11 September 2001 photo shows Marcy Borders covered in dust as she takes refuge in an office building after one of the World Trade Center towers collapsed in New York. Borders was caught outside on the street as the cloud of smoke and dust enveloped the area. The woman was caught outside on the street as the cloud of smoke and dust enveloped the area.
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September 11, 2001
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A man with a fire extinguisher walks through rubble after the collapse of the first World Trade Center Tower 11 September, 2001, in New York. The man was shouting as he walked looking for victims who needed assistance. Both towers collapsed after being hit by hijacked passengers planes.
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September 11, 2001
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People walk in the street in the area where the World Trade Center buildings collapsed September 11, 2001 after two airplanes slammed into the twin towers in a suspected terrorist attack.
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September 11, 2001
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Firemen leave the rescue area near the World Trade Center after their shift 13 September 2001, in New York. Rescue efforts continue at the World Trade Center after the twin towers were destroyed 11 September 2001 by terrorists in hijacked commercial aircraft.
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September 11, 2001
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Cars sit outside Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), which is closed because of the air attacks on New York and Washington, DC, September 11, 2001, in Los Angeles, CA. All four of the hijacked commercial airliners used in the apparent suicide crashes were bound for California, three of them for Los Angeles.
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September 11, 2001
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The rubble of the World Trade Center smoulders following a terrorist attack 11 September 2001 in New York. A hijacked plane crashed into and destroyed the landmark structure.
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September 11, 2001
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Firefighters making their way through the rubble of the World Trade Center in New York after two hijacked planes flew into the landmark skyscrapers.
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September 11, 2001
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A US flag flies from a television antenna September 13, 2001 amid the rubble of the World Trade Center after an aircraft crashed into it September 11 as part of a terrorist attack. The antenna was once at the top of one of the 110 story twin towers.
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September 11, 2001
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Rescue workers survey damage to the World Trade Center 11 September, 2001 in New York. Two planes controlled by hijackers crashed into the twin towers of the center destroying the buildings. At almost the same time, another hijacked plane flew into the Pentagon in Washington, DC.
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September 11, 2001
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Firefighters search through the rubble of the twin towers at the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan 11 September, 2001, in New York after two planes flew into the buildings. A New York city firefighters' union reported that 200 firefighters died in the collapse.
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September 11, 2001
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A mourner cries while holding a handbill of a missing loved one at a vigil in Washington Square park September 14, 2001 in New York. People all over the country lit candles at seven o'clock on Friday night to remember the victims of Tuesday's terrorist attacks.
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September 11, 2001
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Investigative personnel search the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93 looking for debris and evidence, including the plane's flight recorder, 12 September 2001 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The hijacked plane crashed killing all 45 people on board.
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September 11, 2001
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A military helicopter flies in front of the Pentagon September 14, 2001 in Arlington, Virginia at the impact site where a hijacked airliner crashed into the building.
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September 11, 2001
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Posters for victims of the World Trade Center are displayed near a memorial for victims of the World Trade Center attack 19 September 2001, in Union Square in New York. Recovery efforts continue for the victim of last week's World Trade Center attack.
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September 11, 2001
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Photographs of missing people from the 11 September 2001 World Trade Center attack sit on a television truck outside Bellevue Hospital in New York 12 September, 2001 where family members and friends stand vigil in hopes of getting information from authorities and help from media exposure.
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September 11, 2001
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A satellite image of lower Manhattan shows smoke and ash rising from the site of the World Trade Center at 11:43 a.m. September 12, 2001 in New York City.
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September 11, 2001
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Smoke continues to rise from the destroyed World Trade Center 15 September 2001 in New York. US President George W. Bush declared the United States "at war" against the "barbarians" who led terror strikes on New York and Washington, including the man he called the "prime suspect": Osama bin Laden.
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September 11, 2001
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People have been posting notices for mission people on a "Wall of Peace" at Bellevue Hospital in New York City after the destruction of the World Trade Center by terrorists on Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
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September 11, 2001
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Two people hug in front of the Wall of Prayers for victims of the World Trade Center disaster September 14, 2001 at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. The World Trade Center towers collapsed September 11th after two hijacked commercial airliners slammed into it.
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September 11, 2001
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U.S. President George W. Bush holds an American flag during a Memorial Service at the Pentagon October 11, 2001 in Arlington, Virginia.
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September 11, 2001
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Daphne Davis (R) is surrounded by family and friends during the funeral for her husband, Port Authority Police Department officer Clinton Davis Sr., 27 September 2001 in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens, New York. Davis was lost in the World Trade Center attacks of 11 September 2001.
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September 11, 2001
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Two women cry for a missing relative at the "A Prayer For America" memorial service at New York's Yankee Stadium 23 September, 2001, to remember the victims of the World Trade Center attack.
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September 11, 2001
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NYPD police officer Ken Radigan rubs his eyes after briefly sleeping in a pew at St. Paul's Episcopal Chapel, near the site of the World Trade Center attack, September 21, 2001 in New York City. The chapel is serving as a relief area for rescue workers.
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September 11, 2001
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The "Tribute in Light" memorial to the World Trade Center is seen from the Empire State Building April 3, 2002 in New York City.
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