Photos: Looking back at Sept. 11 remembrances over the years
On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people were killed on an unprecedented day of terror as 19 members of al-Qaida hijacked four passenger jetliners, sending two of the planes smashing into New York's World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon and the fourth into a field in western Pennsylvania. A look back at some of the photos over the years, on the anniversary of the attacks.
2014: World Trade Center
- AP
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Thirteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attack, the resurrected World Trade Center opened for business, marking an emotional milestone for both New Yorkers and the nation.
2013: Sept 11 Construction
- MARK LENNIHAN — Associated Press
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One World Trade Center rises above the lower Manhattan skyline in New York.
2012: Sept 11 Anniversary
- MARK LENNIHAN — Associated Press
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Visitors to the National Sept. 11 Memorial walk below the rising towers 1 World Trade Center, left, and 4 World Trade Center, Monday in New York. Tuesday marks 11 years since the terrorist attacks.
2015: Barack Obama, Michelle Obama
- Evan Vucci
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President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and others. pause on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, as they observe a moment of silence to mark the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
2015: Sept 11 Anniversary Kansas
- Charlie Riedel
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People wave at passing motorists from an overpass over Interstate 35 near Pomona, Kan., Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, in commemoration of the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. Residents annually mark the attacks from the bridge by waving flags from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
2015: Pope Francis in New York
- Susan Watts
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Pope Francis visits the 9/11 Museum, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015 in New York. (Susan Watts/New York Daily News via AP, Pool)
2005: World Trade Center
- AP
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Weeping relatives marked the fourth anniversary of 9/11 with prayers, solemn remembrances and heartfelt messages at the site where the World Trade Center collapsed.
2008: Iraq September 11 Anniversary
- Maya Alleruzzo
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U.S. Army soldiers salute three American flags, representing the three sites of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, at a ceremony to mark the seventh anniversary at Camp Liberty in Baghdad on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
2008: Sept 11 Anniversary
- Timothy A. Clary
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and his wife Cindy, second left, leave ground zero with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., third left, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg after paying respects to the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Timothy A. Clary, Pool)
2008: Sept 11 Anniversary
- Mark Lennihan
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A short test of the "Tribute in Light" illuminates the sky over the World Trade Center site Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008 in New York. The Tribute in Light will be turned on for the evening of Thursday, Sept. 11, in honor of those who lost their lives seven years ago in the terrorist attacks on the United States. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
2007: Sept 11 Anniversary
- Susan Watts
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A Port Authority police officer watches the ceremony as victims families walk down the ramp to place flowers in the reflecting pool during the ceremony marking the sixth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007 in New York. (AP Photo/Susan Watts, Pool)
2007: September 11th Terrorist Attacks
- Jacquelyn Martin
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Flags fly at half mast at the Washington Monument during the six year anniversary of September 11, in Washington on the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
2006: SEPT 11
- JASON DECROW
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Wreckage of the World Trade Center is shown in a photograph hanging from a fence at "ground zero" as the names of victims are read aloud on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks Monday, Sept. 11, 2006 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
2006: Sept. 11
- CHARLIE NEIBERGALL
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Kim McCurdy-Moyle, of Des Moines, Iowa, walks among the 2,998 flags on display as part of the Healing Field of Central Iowa, Friday, Sept. 8, 2006, in West Des Moines, Iowa. The Healing Field of Central Iowa is one of 14 such fields created across the country to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Each of the flags represents a person killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
2005: BUSH, CHENEY
- J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE
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On the fourth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, President Bush, left, and first lady Laura Bush, joined by Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne Cheney, right, observe a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2005. They bowed their heads at 8:46 a.m. EDT, the exact minute in 2001 when terrorists smashed the first jetliner into the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
2005: SEPT 11 ANNIVERSARY
- PETER FOLEY
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A couple embraces by a reflecting pool at the World Trade Center site on the fourth anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2005. (AP Photo/Peter Foley, Pool)
2004: SEPT 11 ANNIVERSARY
- DIANE BONDAREFF
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The World Trade Center site is seen at sunrise Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004, in New York. Today is the third anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States. The names of the 2,749 people lost in the World Trade Center attack were to be read aloud _ this time by parents and grandparents of those lost in the attacks three years ago. After the first moment of silence at 8:46 a.m., names will be read in alphabetical order, pausing at 9:03, 9:59 and 10:29 a.m. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
2004: SEPT 11 ANNIVERSARY
- DIANE BONDAREFF
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Merrill Lynch employee Michael George lowers the United States flag to half-staff at their building which overlooks the World Trade Center site, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004, in New York. Today is the third anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
2004: SEPT 11 ANNIVERSARY
- DAMIAN DOVARGANES
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Los Angeles Firefighters hold up the flag Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004, after an Interfaith Remembrance Ceremony for the September 11 attacks, held at the Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
2003: SEPT 11 ANNIVERSARY
- STEPHEN CHERNIN
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Friends and family of the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center enter ground zero to pay their respects, Sept. 11, 2003 in New York. The names of the nearly 2,800 victims were read by 200 surviving children and family members at a ceremony at ground zero. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, Pool)
2003: SEPT 11 ANNIVERSARY
- ROBERT MECEA
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English police officers hold up flags in a show of solidarity in the "pit" at Ground Zero in New York, Thursday, at the site of the World Trade Center disaster in New York, Thursday, Sept.11, 2003. For a second straight year, the nation paused on a bright September morning to recall the day when hijacked jetliners slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania, killing more than 3,000 people in the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Robert Mecea)
2003: SEPT 11 ANNIVERSARY
- ED BETZ
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The "Tribute in Light" towers above lower Manhattan during the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorists attacks Thursday, Sept. 11, 2003 from Bayonne, N.J. (AP Photo/Ed Betz)
2002: SEPT 11
- AMY SANCETTA
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Construction workers inside the shell of the World Trade Center observe a moment of silence at 8:46am at ground zero as the ceremony begins marking the one year anniversary of the attacks the World Trade Center in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
2002: GROUND ZERO
- TED S. WARREN
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The U.S. flag flutters over ground zero at sunset Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2002 in New York, the day before the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that brought down the twin towers of the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
2002: SEPT 11
- PHILOMENA GORENFLO
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Family and friends of Navy personnel lost in the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon make pencil rubbings of the names of their lost loved ones, Wednesday Sept. 11, 2002. The names are inscribed on a memorial dedicated on the first anniversary of the attacks. The plaque is on permanent display near the newly reconstructed Navy Operations Center in the Pentagon. (AP Photo /U.S. Navy, Philomena Gorenflo)
2002: BUSH
- PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS
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President Bush waves a small American flag during the singing of God Bless America at ceremonies marking the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002 at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
2011: Ground zero, Sept 11
- Mark Lennihan
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The waterfalls are flowing at the National September 11 Memorial, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011 in New York. Sunday will mark the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
2011: Sept 11 Anniversary
- Amy Sancetta
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A rain-covered rose is set on the fence at the temporary memorial to Flight 93 near the plane's crash site in Shanksville, Pa. Friday Sept. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
2010: Sept 11 Anniversary
- Chris Hondros
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A picture of Francis Ann Cilente, who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, sits on the edge of a reflecting pool during a memorial service commemorating the ninth anniversary of the attacks Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Chris Hondros, Pool)
2010: Sept 11 Anniversary
- Chang W. Lee
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Two-year-old Luke Pavlenishzili, riding on the shoulders of his father George Pavlenishzili, offers a rose to New York firefighter Joe Huber, who was standing at the reflecting pool at ground zero during a memorial service commemorating the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Chang W. Lee, Pool)
2009: Sept 11 Anniversary
- Chip East
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Flowers and memorabilia are left by a reflecting pool during the eighth anniversary remembrance of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Chip East, Pool)
2009: Sept 11 Anniversary
- G.N. Miller
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A New York City Police Dept. officer plays the trumpet over ground zero during the the eighth anniversary commemoration ceremony of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorists attack, in New York, Friday Sept. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/G.N. Miller, Pool)
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2012: Sept 11 Anniversary
- MARK LENNIHAN — Associated Press
Visitors to the National Sept. 11 Memorial walk below the rising towers 1 World Trade Center, left, and 4 World Trade Center, Monday in New York. Tuesday marks 11 years since the terrorist attacks.
2015: Barack Obama, Michelle Obama
- Evan Vucci
President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and others. pause on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, as they observe a moment of silence to mark the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
2015: Sept 11 Anniversary Kansas
- Charlie Riedel
People wave at passing motorists from an overpass over Interstate 35 near Pomona, Kan., Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, in commemoration of the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. Residents annually mark the attacks from the bridge by waving flags from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
2008: Iraq September 11 Anniversary
- Maya Alleruzzo
U.S. Army soldiers salute three American flags, representing the three sites of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, at a ceremony to mark the seventh anniversary at Camp Liberty in Baghdad on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
2008: Sept 11 Anniversary
- Timothy A. Clary
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and his wife Cindy, second left, leave ground zero with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., third left, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg after paying respects to the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Timothy A. Clary, Pool)
2008: Sept 11 Anniversary
- Mark Lennihan
A short test of the "Tribute in Light" illuminates the sky over the World Trade Center site Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008 in New York. The Tribute in Light will be turned on for the evening of Thursday, Sept. 11, in honor of those who lost their lives seven years ago in the terrorist attacks on the United States. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
2007: Sept 11 Anniversary
- Susan Watts
A Port Authority police officer watches the ceremony as victims families walk down the ramp to place flowers in the reflecting pool during the ceremony marking the sixth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007 in New York. (AP Photo/Susan Watts, Pool)
2006: SEPT 11
- JASON DECROW
Wreckage of the World Trade Center is shown in a photograph hanging from a fence at "ground zero" as the names of victims are read aloud on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks Monday, Sept. 11, 2006 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
2006: Sept. 11
- CHARLIE NEIBERGALL
Kim McCurdy-Moyle, of Des Moines, Iowa, walks among the 2,998 flags on display as part of the Healing Field of Central Iowa, Friday, Sept. 8, 2006, in West Des Moines, Iowa. The Healing Field of Central Iowa is one of 14 such fields created across the country to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Each of the flags represents a person killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
2005: BUSH, CHENEY
- J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE
On the fourth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, President Bush, left, and first lady Laura Bush, joined by Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne Cheney, right, observe a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2005. They bowed their heads at 8:46 a.m. EDT, the exact minute in 2001 when terrorists smashed the first jetliner into the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
2004: SEPT 11 ANNIVERSARY
- DIANE BONDAREFF
The World Trade Center site is seen at sunrise Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004, in New York. Today is the third anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States. The names of the 2,749 people lost in the World Trade Center attack were to be read aloud _ this time by parents and grandparents of those lost in the attacks three years ago. After the first moment of silence at 8:46 a.m., names will be read in alphabetical order, pausing at 9:03, 9:59 and 10:29 a.m. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
2004: SEPT 11 ANNIVERSARY
- DIANE BONDAREFF
Merrill Lynch employee Michael George lowers the United States flag to half-staff at their building which overlooks the World Trade Center site, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004, in New York. Today is the third anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
2004: SEPT 11 ANNIVERSARY
- DAMIAN DOVARGANES
Los Angeles Firefighters hold up the flag Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004, after an Interfaith Remembrance Ceremony for the September 11 attacks, held at the Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
2003: SEPT 11 ANNIVERSARY
- STEPHEN CHERNIN
Friends and family of the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center enter ground zero to pay their respects, Sept. 11, 2003 in New York. The names of the nearly 2,800 victims were read by 200 surviving children and family members at a ceremony at ground zero. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, Pool)
2003: SEPT 11 ANNIVERSARY
- ROBERT MECEA
English police officers hold up flags in a show of solidarity in the "pit" at Ground Zero in New York, Thursday, at the site of the World Trade Center disaster in New York, Thursday, Sept.11, 2003. For a second straight year, the nation paused on a bright September morning to recall the day when hijacked jetliners slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania, killing more than 3,000 people in the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Robert Mecea)
2002: SEPT 11
- AMY SANCETTA
Construction workers inside the shell of the World Trade Center observe a moment of silence at 8:46am at ground zero as the ceremony begins marking the one year anniversary of the attacks the World Trade Center in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
2002: GROUND ZERO
- TED S. WARREN
The U.S. flag flutters over ground zero at sunset Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2002 in New York, the day before the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that brought down the twin towers of the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
2002: SEPT 11
- PHILOMENA GORENFLO
Family and friends of Navy personnel lost in the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon make pencil rubbings of the names of their lost loved ones, Wednesday Sept. 11, 2002. The names are inscribed on a memorial dedicated on the first anniversary of the attacks. The plaque is on permanent display near the newly reconstructed Navy Operations Center in the Pentagon. (AP Photo /U.S. Navy, Philomena Gorenflo)
2002: BUSH
- PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS
President Bush waves a small American flag during the singing of God Bless America at ceremonies marking the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002 at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
2010: Sept 11 Anniversary
- Chris Hondros
A picture of Francis Ann Cilente, who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, sits on the edge of a reflecting pool during a memorial service commemorating the ninth anniversary of the attacks Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Chris Hondros, Pool)
2010: Sept 11 Anniversary
- Chang W. Lee
Two-year-old Luke Pavlenishzili, riding on the shoulders of his father George Pavlenishzili, offers a rose to New York firefighter Joe Huber, who was standing at the reflecting pool at ground zero during a memorial service commemorating the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Chang W. Lee, Pool)
2009: Sept 11 Anniversary
- G.N. Miller
A New York City Police Dept. officer plays the trumpet over ground zero during the the eighth anniversary commemoration ceremony of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorists attack, in New York, Friday Sept. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/G.N. Miller, Pool)
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