9/11 Remembered
A woman places flowers in the inscribed names along the edge of the North Pool Memorial site during observances on September 11, 2014 in New York City.
This year marks the 13th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people at the World Trade Center, Pentagon and on Flight 93.
New York
Albert Biatta, of Queens, New York, prays while standing in front of the inscribed name of his uncle Antoine Biatta at the edge of the North Pool during memorial observances held at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, Sept. 11, 2014.
New York
Belinda Adams (left), her niece, Deeanne Cush (center), and her mother, Belinda Adams, hold pictures of Patrick Adams, who died in the September 11, 2001 attacks, during memorial observances held at the site of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2014 in New York City.
New York
Flowers are placed over the names of victims of September 11, 2001 at the South Tower Memorial Pool before memorial observances are held at the site of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2014 in New York City.
New York
Members of the New York Police Department, Fire Department of New York, and the Port Authority Police Department carry an American flag past one of the reflecting pools at the beginning of memorial observances held at the site of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2014 in New York City.
New York
Hattie Wilson places her hand over her heart during the singing of the National Anthem as she mourns her nephew, Det. Joseph Seabrook, during memorial observances held at the site of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2014 in New York City.
Kabul, Afghanistan
A U.S. soldier holds photographs of the September 11, 2001 attacks during a ceremony marking the 13th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in the United States, at the Bagram airbase north of Kabul, Sept. 11, 2014.
White House
A Marine bugler plays "Taps" as President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and others mark the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014.
White House
President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and others, bow their heads as they stand on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, while observing a moment of silence to mark the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
New York
Paola Braut, of Belgium, cries over a photograph of her son, Patrice, along the edge of the North Pool during memorial observances on the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014.
In New York, family members of those killed at the World Trade Center read the names of the victims at a ceremony at Ground Zero.
Pentagon
Flowers sit on one of the benches of the Pentagon Memorial at the at the Pentagon, Sept. 11, 2014.
Pentagon
President Barack Obama lays a wreath at the Pentagon, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, to mark the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
New York
United States Navy veteran Richard Fill, of Easton, Pa., looks up at the nearly-completed One World Trade Center during a moment of silence on the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, in New York.
Capitol Hill
A man photographs the three Congressional Gold Medals to honor the Fallen Heroes of 9/11, on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 10, 2014. The three gold medals will be provided to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania, the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York, and the Pentagon Memorial at the Pentagon.
New York
Port Authority Police Assistant Chief Norma Hardy rings the bell signifying the collapse of the first tower during memorial observances held at the site of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2014 in New York City. This year marks the 13th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people at the World Trade Center, Pentagon and on Flight 93.
Jersey City, N.J.
Jersey City firefighters attend a ceremony at the 9/11 memorial during the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, in Exchange Place, New Jersey, September 11, 2014.
Jersey City, N.J.
A man places a wreath at the 9/11 memorial during the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, in Exchange Place, New Jersey, September 11, 2014.
Until a few months ago, the part of New York City where crowds will gather on Thursday morning to mark the 13th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States had been mostly fenced off to the public. This year, for perhaps the first time since the attacks, a sense of normalcy and openness has taken root in the city blocks where two airliners hijacked by militants from al Qaeda crashed into the World Trade Center's twin towers.
New York
The Tribute in Light rises behind the Brooklyn Bridge and buildings adjacent to the World Trade Center complex, Wednesday evening, Sept. 10, 2014 in New York. The tribute, an art installation of 88 searchlights aiming skyward in two columns, is a remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
New York
The Tribute in Light is seen behind buildings adjacent to the World Trade Center complex, at the National September 11 Memorial, Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, in New York.