{"id":32756,"date":"2023-09-11T08:07:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T12:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/?p=32756"},"modified":"2023-09-11T14:47:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T18:47:01","slug":"22nd-anniversary-of-the-9-11-terror-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/2023\/09\/11\/22nd-anniversary-of-the-9-11-terror-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"22nd anniversary of the 9\/11 terror attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

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American flags line a memorial pool at the National September 11 Memorial to mark the 22nd anniversary of the 9\/11 terror attack at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2023, in New York. (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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From left, shown during a memorial wreath-laying are Pennsylvania First Lady Lori Shapiro, Gov. Josh Shapiro, Deborah Borza (mother of Flight 93 victim Deora Frances Bodley), US Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff and park ranger David M.Schmitt, at the Flight 93 National Memorial’s Wall of Names in Shanksville, Pa., Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (John Rucosky\/Tribune-Democrat via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Interpreter Ashley Aiello from the Allegheny County Intermediate Unit, signs during a documentary of the 9\/11 tragedy in Bethel Park High School American History teacher Doug Fink\u2019s class on Monday, Sept. 11. 2023. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bethel Park High School students in American History teacher Doug Fink\u2019s class watch a documentary about the 9\/11 tragedy on Monday, Sept. 11. 2023. None of the students were alive in 2001. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bethel Park High School American History teacher Doug Fink talks to his class about the 9\/11 tragedy on Monday, Sept. 11. 2023. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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People gather on the visitors center observation deck during a remembrance ceremony on the 22nd anniversary of the terrorist attack, at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (John Rucosky\/Tribune-Democrat via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A relative of one of the victims pays her respects at the Wall of Names before a ceremony commemorating the 22nd anniversary of the crash of Flight 93 during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the Flight 93 National Memorial on September 11, 2023 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The nation is marking the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, when the terrorist group al-Qaeda flew hijacked airplanes into the World Trade Center, Shanksville, PA and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people. (Photo by Jeff Swensen\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Family members of the victims wait in line to recite their name during the bell-ringing ceremony commemorating the 22nd anniversary of the crash of Flight 93 during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the Flight 93 National Memorial on September 11, 2023 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The nation is marking the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, when the terrorist group al-Qaeda flew hijacked airplanes into the World Trade Center, Shanksville, PA and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people. (Photo by Jeff Swensen\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Visitors stroll through the national park grounds during a ceremony commemorating the 22nd anniversary of the crash of Flight 93 during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the Flight 93 National Memorial on September 11, 2023 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The nation is marking the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, when the terrorist group al-Qaeda flew hijacked airplanes into the World Trade Center, Shanksville, PA and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people. (Photo by Jeff Swensen\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Family members gather at the crash site during a ceremony commemorating the 22nd anniversary of the crash of Flight 93 during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the Flight 93 National Memorial on September 11, 2023 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The nation is marking the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, when the terrorist group al-Qaeda flew hijacked airplanes into the World Trade Center, Shanksville, PA and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people. (Photo by Jeff Swensen\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Visitors listen to the roll call of names of the victims during a ceremony commemorating the 22nd anniversary of the crash of Flight 93 during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the Flight 93 National Memorial on September 11, 2023 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The nation is marking the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, when the terrorist group al-Qaeda flew hijacked airplanes into the World Trade Center, Shanksville, PA and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people. (Photo by Jeff Swensen\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A relative of one of the victims pays his respects at the Wall of Names before a ceremony commemorating the 22nd anniversary of the crash of Flight 93 during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the Flight 93 National Memorial on September 11, 2023 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The nation is marking the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, when the terrorist group al-Qaeda flew hijacked airplanes into the World Trade Center, Shanksville, PA and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people. (Photo by Jeff Swensen\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Wall of Names catches the early morning light before a ceremony commemorating the 22nd anniversary of the crash of Flight 93 during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the Flight 93 National Memorial on September 11, 2023 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The nation is marking the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, when the terrorist group al-Qaeda flew hijacked airplanes into the World Trade Center, Shanksville, PA and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people. (Photo by Jeff Swensen\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A man touches the Wall of Names before a ceremony commemorating the 22nd anniversary of the crash of Flight 93 during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the Flight 93 National Memorial on September 11, 2023 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The nation is marking the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, when the terrorist group al-Qaeda flew hijacked airplanes into the World Trade Center, Shanksville, PA and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people. (Photo by Jeff Swensen\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A ceremony is held commemorating the 22nd anniversary of the crash of Flight 93 during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the Flight 93 National Memorial on September 11, 2023 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The nation is marking the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, when the terrorist group al-Qaeda flew hijacked airplanes into the World Trade Center, Shanksville, PA and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people. (Photo by Jeff Swensen\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Visitors watch as family members stroll to the crash site during a ceremony commemorating the 22nd anniversary of the crash of Flight 93 during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the Flight 93 National Memorial on September 11, 2023 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The nation is marking the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, when the terrorist group al-Qaeda flew hijacked airplanes into the World Trade Center, Shanksville, PA and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people. (Photo by Jeff Swensen\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Visitors listen to the roll call of names of the victims during a ceremony commemorating the 22nd anniversary of the crash of Flight 93 during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the Flight 93 National Memorial on September 11, 2023 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The nation is marking the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, when the terrorist group al-Qaeda flew hijacked airplanes into the World Trade Center, Shanksville, PA and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people. (Photo by Jeff Swensen\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Visitors listen to the roll call of names of the victims during a ceremony commemorating the 22nd anniversary of the crash of Flight 93 during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the Flight 93 National Memorial on September 11, 2023 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The nation is marking the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, when the terrorist group al-Qaeda flew hijacked airplanes into the World Trade Center, Shanksville, PA and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people. (Photo by Jeff Swensen\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Wall of Names catches the early morning light before a ceremony commemorating the 22nd anniversary of the crash of Flight 93 during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the Flight 93 National Memorial on September 11, 2023 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The nation is marking the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, when the terrorist group al-Qaeda flew hijacked airplanes into the World Trade Center, Shanksville, PA and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people. (Photo by Jeff Swensen\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Visitors listen to the roll call of names of the victims during a ceremony commemorating the 22nd anniversary of the crash of Flight 93 during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the Flight 93 National Memorial on September 11, 2023 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The nation is marking the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, when the terrorist group al-Qaeda flew hijacked airplanes into the World Trade Center, Shanksville, PA and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people. (Photo by Jeff Swensen\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Park superintendent Stephen Clark speaks during a remembrance ceremony on the 22nd anniversary of the terrorist attack, at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (John Rucosky\/Tribune-Democrat via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers leads the crowd in prayer during a remembrance ceremony on the 22nd anniversary of the terrorist attack, at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (John Rucosky\/Tribune-Democrat via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A park ranger carries a wreath out to the crash site where families of the victims of United Flight 93 are gathered, during the 22nd remembrance ceremony of the terrorist attack, at the Flight 93 national memorial in Shanksville, Pa., Monday, Sept.11, 2023. (John Rucosky\/Tribune-Democrat via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Marci Nacke of Baltimore, Md., sister-in-law of Captain Louis Nacke, places a flower at the Wall of Names during a remembrance ceremony on the 22nd anniversary of the terrorist attack, at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (John Rucosky\/Tribune-Democrat via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at LaGuardia Airport for the annual 9\/11 Commemoration Ceremony on September 11, 2023, in New York City. Family and friends honored the lives of their loved ones on the 22nd anniversary of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center, Shanksville, PA, and the Pentagon, that killed nearly 3,000 people. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A rose is placed on a bench at the National 9\/11 Pentagon Memorial during a ceremony observing the 9\/11 terrorist attacks at the Pentagon on September 11, 2023, in Arlington, Virginia. The Defense Department held a remembrance ceremony for the 184 lives lost in the 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon. Today marks the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A family member brings flowers at the National 9\/11 Pentagon Memorial to honor the 184 people killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon, in Washington, DC, on September 11, 2023.\u00a0 (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – SEPTEMBER 11: Family members of victims attend a ceremony observing the 9\/11 terrorist attacks at the Pentagon on September 11, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. The Defense Department held a remembrance ceremony for the 184 lives lost in the 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon. Today marks the 22nd anniversary of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – SEPTEMBER 11: First responders watch as an American flag is unfurled during a ceremony observing the 9\/11 terrorist attacks at the Pentagon on September 11, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. The Defense Department held a remembrance ceremony for the 184 lives lost in the 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon. Today marks the 22nd anniversary of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Diane Massaroli holds a picture of her late husband, Michael Massaroli, before the commemoration ceremony of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, in New York. Americans are looking back on the horror and legacy of 9\/11, gathering Monday at memorials, firehouses, city halls and elsewhere to observe the 22nd anniversary of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.(AP Photo\/Yuki Iwamura)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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People visit the 9\/11 Memorial at the Ground Zero site in lower Manhattan as the nation commemorates the 22nd anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2023 in New York City. Monday marks the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, as well as the crash of United Airlines Flight 93. In total, the attacks killed nearly 3,000 people and commenced a global war on terror which included American led conflicts in both Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Retired firefighter Vincent Forras holds an American Flag with the names of September 11 victims while at the 9\/11 Memorial at the Ground Zero site in lower Manhattan as the nation commemorates the 22nd anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2023 in New York City. Monday marks the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, as well as the crash of United Airlines Flight 93. In total, the attacks killed nearly 3,000 people and commenced a global war on terror which included American-led conflicts in both Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sam Pulia places flags before the commemoration ceremony of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, in New York. Americans are looking back on the horror and legacy of 9\/11, gathering Monday at memorials, firehouses, city halls and elsewhere to observe the 22nd anniversary of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil. (AP Photo\/Yuki Iwamura)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A person looks at flags before the commemoration ceremony of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, in New York. Americans are looking back on the horror and legacy of 9\/11, gathering Monday at memorials, firehouses, city halls and elsewhere to observe the 22nd anniversary of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.(AP Photo\/Yuki Iwamura)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The shadows of President of Flight 93 Families, Gorden Felt, left, and park ranger Betsy Keene are shown at the Wall of Names at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., Monday, Sept.11, 2023. Americans are looking back on the horror and legacy of 9\/11, gathering Monday at memorials, firehouses, city halls and elsewhere to observe the 22nd anniversary of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil. (John Rucosky\/Tribune-Democrat via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Gordon Felt, president of Families for Flight 93, left, speaks with Chaplain Gary Monroe of the USS Somerset at the Memorial Plaza at 22nd Memorial Service, Flight 93 National Memorial on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (Todd Berkey\/The Tribune-Democrat via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Military personal attend services at the National September 11 Memorial before the ceremony to mark the 22nd anniversary of the 9\/11 terror attack at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2023 in New York (Photo by KENA BETANCUR\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin participates in a wreath-laying ceremony to honor the 184 people killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon, at the National 9\/11 Pentagon Memorial in Washington, DC, on September 11, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A member of the Military forces attends services at the National September 11 Memorial before the ceremony to mark the 22nd anniversary of the 9\/11 terror attack at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2023 in New York. (Photo by KENA BETANCUR\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A jogger carries the American flag as they run along the National Mall on September 11, 2023 in Washington, DC. U.S. Leaders are observing the 22nd anniversary of the 9\/11 terrorist attacks around the country with first lady Jill Biden attending a ceremony at the National 9\/11 Pentagon Memorial and U.S. President Joe Biden speaking to service members in Alaska. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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American flags fly at half-staff around the Washington Monument on the National Mall to mark the 22nd anniversary of the terror attacks on September 11, 2023 in Washington, DC. U.S. Leaders are observing the anniversary around the country with first lady Jill Biden attending a ceremony at the National 9\/11 Pentagon Memorial and U.S. President Joe Biden speaking to service members in Alaska. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin delivers remarks at a ceremony observing the 9\/11 terrorist attacks at the Pentagon on September 11, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. The Defense Department held a remembrance ceremony for the 184 lives lost in the 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon. Today marks the 22nd anniversary of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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