Sept. 11 anniversary

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Fri., Sept. 11, 2020

On Sept. 10, 2019, visitors to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., participate in a sunset memorial service as the nation prepares to mark the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden plan to attend a truncated ceremony at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania.

Gene J. Puskar
In this Sept. 11, 2018, file photo, La-Shawn Clark, left, and Mark Cannizzaro read names of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks during a ceremony marking the 17th anniversary in New York. Clark lost her husband, Benjamin Clark, and Cannizzaro lost his cousin, Brian Cannizzaro. The coronavirus pandemic has reshaped how the U.S. is observing the anniversary of 9/11. The terror attacks' 19th anniversary will be marked Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, by dueling ceremonies at the Sept. 11 memorial plaza and a corner nearby in New York.

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FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2014, file photo, a woman places flowers in the inscribed names along the edge of the North Pool during memorial observances on the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. The coronavirus pandemic has reshaped how the U.S. is observing the anniversary of 9/11. The terror attacks' 19th anniversary will be marked Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, by dueling ceremonies at the Sept. 11 memorial plaza and a corner nearby in New York.

Justin Lane
FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2018, file photo, a visitor to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., pays his respects at the Wall of Names after a Service of Remembrance, as the nation marked the 17th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden plan to attend a truncated ceremony at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania.

Gene J. Puskar
A photograph of fallen firefighter Leon Smith Jr. is held up Sept. 11, 2019, during a ceremony marking the 18th anniversary of the terrepr attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, at the National September 11 Memorial in New York. Because of the pandemic, the terror attacks’ 19th anniversary will be marked Friday by dueling ceremonies at the Sept. 11 memorial plaza and a corner nearby in New York.

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In this Sept. 11, 2017, photo, the Tribute in Light illuminates in the sky above the Lower Manhattan area of New York, as seen from across the Hudson River in Jersey City, N.J. The coronavirus pandemic has reshaped how the U.S. is observing the anniversary of 9/11. The terror attacks' 19th anniversary will be marked Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, by dueling ceremonies at the Sept. 11 memorial plaza and a corner nearby in New York.

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On Sept. 11, 2001, smoke rises from the burning twin towers of the World Trade Center after hijacked planes crashed into the towers in New York City.

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FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2015, file photo, victims' family members look on during a ceremony at the World Trade Center site in New York. The coronavirus pandemic has reshaped how the U.S. is observing the anniversary of 9/11. The terror attacks' 19th anniversary will be marked Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, by dueling ceremonies at the Sept. 11 memorial plaza and a corner nearby in New York.

Bryan R. Smith
FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2018, file photo, New York City firefighters salute in front of a memorial on the side of a firehouse adjacent to One World Trade Center and the 9/11 Memorial site during ceremonies on the anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York. Because of the coronavirus, the Fire Department has urged members to stay away from any of the 2020 observances of the 2001 terror strike that killed nearly the 3,000 people, among them almost 350 firefighters.

Craig Ruttle
FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2020, file photo, a plaque marks the spot where World War II surrender documents were signed on the USS Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A Pearl Harbor ceremony in Hawaii marking the 75th anniversary of World War II will only feature veterans living in Hawaii after organizers limited those who can attend over coronavirus concerns. The plan had been to allow about 200 people, mostly WWII veterans, their families and government officials, to gather on the battleship USS Missouri, which hosted the Japanese surrender on Sept. 2, 1945, in Tokyo Bay.

Caleb Jones