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In photos: '9/11 Commemorations Begin'
By James Wray Sep 11, 2008, 13:30 GMT

Tim Miner, an American Airlines pilot who was at the Pentagon the day of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, walks through a field of American flags placed near the Pentagon to memorialize the victims, in Arlington, Virginia, USA on 11 September 2008. U.S. President George W. Bush will dedicate the Pentagon 9/11 memorial later this morning. EPA/MATTHEW CAVANAUGH

A U.S. Navy sailor rings a bell as the name of each victim of the 9/11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon is read aloud during a dedication ceremony for the Pentagon 9/11 memorial in Arlington, Virginia, USA on 11 September 2008. The Pentagon memorial honors the 184 people killed in the building and on American Airlines Flight 77. EPA/MATTHEW CAVANAUGH

Programs and American flags are laid out on chairs at the Pentagon where a memorial to the victims on the 9/11 terrorist attacks will be dedicated, in Arlington, Virginia, USA on 11 September 2008. The Pentagon memorial honors the 184 people killed in the building and on American Airlines Flight 77. EPA/MATTHEW CAVANAUGH

Members of the U.S. military sit in the grandstand at the Pentagon where a memorial to the victims on the 9/11 terrorist attacks will be dedicated, in Arlington, Virginia, USA on 11 September 2008. The Pentagon memorial honors the 184 people killed in the building and on American Airlines Flight 77. EPA/MATTHEW CAVANAUGH

Members of the U.S. military sit in the grandstand at the Pentagon where a memorial to the victims on the 9/11 terrorist attacks will be dedicated, in Arlington, Virginia, USA on 11 September 2008. The Pentagon memorial honors the 184 people killed in the building and on American Airlines Flight 77. EPA/MATTHEW CAVANAUGH

A US military soldier walks through a field of American flags placed near the Pentagon to memorialize the victims, in Arlington, Virginia, USA, 11 September 2008. US President George W. Bush will dedicate the Pentagon 9/11 memorial later this morning. The Pentagon memorial honours the 184 people killed in the building and on American Airlines Flight 77. EPA/MATTHEW CAVANAUGH

Tim Miner, an American Airlines pilot who was at the Pentagon the day of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, walks through a field of American flags placed near the Pentagon to memorialize the victims, in Arlington, Virginia, USA on 11 September 2008. U.S. President George W. Bush will dedicate the Pentagon 9/11 memorial later this morning. The Pentagon memorial honors the 184 people killed in the building and on American Airlines Flight 77. EPA/MATTHEW CAVANAUGH

Bereaved Manfred Gorki speaks during a memorial service to commemorate the German victims of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 at the American embassy in Berlin, Germany, 11 September 2008. Gorki, who commemorated 11 German victims with 19 relatives of seven different families, had initiated a memorial stone that was inaugurated at the embassy's inner yard today. All 3,000 casualties of the terrorist attacks will be commemorated during a memorial service at Centrum Judaicum in the afternoon. EPA/RAINER JENSEN

The American flag is at half mast in front of the American embassy in Berlin, Germany, 11 September 2008. The 3,000 victims of the terrorist attacks will be commemorated during a memorial service at Centrum Judaicum in the afternoon. Photo: Rainer Jensen EPA/RAINER JENSEN

A woman holds flowers and a photo as she waits for the start of the7th annual 9/11 commemoration ceremony held at Zuccotti Park in New York City early September 11, 2008. The ceremony remembers those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. EPA/PATTI SAPONE

The United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom Robert H. Tuttle and his wife Maria jointly place 11 September 2008 a wreath at a memorial in London honouring British victims of the terrorist attacks in New York city in 2001. Sixty seven Britons were among the people who died in the attacks seven years ago EPA/SJ Mayhew

The United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom Robert H. Tuttle and his wife Maria jointly place 11 September 2008 a wreath at a memorial in London honouring British victims of the terrorist attacks in New York city in 2001. Sixty seven Britons were among the people who died in the attacks seven years ago EPA/SJ Mayhew

An American flag draped over the side of the Pentagon where American Airlines flight 77 struck on the day of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, in Arlington, Virginia, USA on 11 September 2008. U.S. President George W. Bush will dedicate the Pentagon 9/11 memorial later this morning. The Pentagon memorial honors the 184 people killed in the building and on American Airlines Flight 77. EPA/MATTHEW CAVANAUGH

US-ambassador William Timken and his wife Sue lay down white roses at a memorial stone for the German victims of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 at the inner yard of the American embassy in Berlin, Germany, 11 September 2008. Bereaved M. Gorki, who commemorated 11 German victims with 19 relatives of seven different families, had initiated the memorial stone that was inaugurated today. All 3,000 casualties of the terrorist attacks will be commemorated during a memorial service at Centrum Judaicum in the afternoon. Photo: Rainer Jensen EPA/RAINER JENSEN
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