In cities across the United States, people gathered to remember the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump stand for a moment of silence to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the South Lawn of the White House on Sept. 11, 2017, in Washington.
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A man stands at the edge of a waterfall pool at ground zero during a ceremony on the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in New York on Sept. 11, 2017.
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John Pristas, a firefighter for the Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Company in Pennsylvania, walks between a granite marker and a piece of structural steel from one of the collapsed New York trade towers on Sept. 11, 2017.
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In a Sept. 9, 2017, photo, Kearney firefighter George Wiedel climbs stairs with his son Greyson strapped to his back during a 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at Werner Park in Papillion, Neb.
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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump stand for the national anthem during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2017, at the Pentagon.
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio attends a ceremony at ground zero in New York on Sept. 11, 2017.
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An American flag stands over the names of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks before a ceremony at ground zero in New York on Sept. 11, 2017.
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People hold up signs with the names and pictures of victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks during a ceremony at ground zero in New York on Sept. 11, 2017.
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People gather at the side of the north waterfall pool before the ceremony at ground zero in New York on Sept. 11, 2017.
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West Virginia National Guard Staff Sgt. Sean Ruth, right, mourns the loss of his father, Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 William Ruth, who died in the Sept. 11 attack on the Pentagon, while at a memorial at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2017. He was visiting with his family including his daughter Ayslynn Ruth, 4.
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President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2017, at the Pentagon.
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White House chief economic adviser Gary Cohn, left, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, center, and Ivanka Trump speak before the beginning of a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the South Lawn of the White House on Sept. 11, 2017, in Washington.
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