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9/11 Ceremonies Honor Victims 21 Years After Terrorist Attacks
The Wall Street Journal
9/11 Ceremonies Honor Victims 21 Years After Terrorist Attacks
President Biden spoke at the Pentagon; Vice President Harris attended a memorial event in New York
By Ginger Adams Otis and Alex Leary
Ceremonies commemorating the events of Sept. 11, 2001, were held in lower Manhattan, Shanksville, Pa., and at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Sunday, the 21st anniversary of the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.
In New York, the families of victims gathered for a ceremony inside the 9/11 Memorial plaza in lower Manhattan. The annual reading of the victims’ names paused for a moment of silence at six points, marking when each aircraft crashed in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, and when the World Trade Center towers fell.
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