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Jessica Sager

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Sep 11, 2014

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An American flag marks the name of a loved one at the North Pool Memorial site in front of 1 World Trade Center 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. Family and friends of those who died read the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed in New York, at the Pentagon and near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/The Daily News, Robert Sabo, Pool)

A flag marks the name of a loved one at the 9/11 Memorial North Pool. AP

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The sunrise is seen behind lower Manhattan during the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, from Jersey City, 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. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY DISASTER)

The sun rises over lower Manhattan. Reuters

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ARLINGTON, VA - SEPTEMBER 11: U.S. President Barack Obama listens to the national anthem during a ceremony to mark the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorists attacks at the Pentagon Memorial September 11, 2014 in front of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. 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.. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama listens to the national anthem in Arlington, Va. Getty

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President Barack Obama speaks as he marks the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at the Pentagon, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

The president speaks at the Pentagon. AP

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US President Barack Obama (L), First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden (R) stand for a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, September 11, 2014, marking the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States. AFP PHOTO / Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden observe a moment of silence outside the White House. Getty

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Activists of Ukrainian womens' rights group Femen stage a protest at the Kiev Pechersk Lavra monastery in Kiev, September 11, 2014. The group was protesting against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, which supports Russian agression in Ukraine, the Femen activists said. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko (UKRAINE - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST RELIGION POLITICS CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Women’s rights group Femen protest at the Kiev Pechersk Lavra monastery in Kiev, Ukraine. Reuters

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Displaced Iraqi children, who fled from the violence in Mosul by the Islamic State (IS), study during refresher courses at the start of a school year organized by UNICEF at Baherka refugee camp in Erbil September 11, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT POLITICS SOCIETY IMMIGRATION EDUCATION)

Displaced children study at a Baherka refugee camp in Erbil, Iraq. Reuters

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Australian Museum conservator Heather McKay inspects a piece depicting Mictlantecuhtli, God of Death and Lord of the Underworld, from the Aztecs exhibition in Sydney, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. More than 200 stone, terra-cotta and other artifacts are on display showcasing the Aztec history and culture in the exhibition that opens Saturday and runs through to Feb. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

A museum worker inspects a statue of Aztec god Mictlantecuhtli in Sydney, Australia. AP

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A flood affected Kashmiri girl comforts her grandmother at a mosque in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir,Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. Flash floods have killed hundreds, washed away crops, damaged tens of thousands of homes and affected over a million people since Sept. 3, when heavy monsoon rains lashed Pakistan's eastern Punjab province and the Kashmir region, claimed by both India and Pakistan. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A girl consoles her grandmother after floods in Srinagar, India. AP

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Sophia Demos sits with her daughter, Evniki Tsokanis, 4, among a sea of American flags during a memorial Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, in Matthews, N.C., on the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, terrorist attacks. The 2,997 American flags are displayed for each person lost on Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

A sea of flags commemorates 9/11 in Matthews, N.C. AP

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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 will read the names of the victims at a ceremony at ground zero. (AP Photo/Justin Lane, Pool)

A woman mourns her son at the 9/11 Memorial at the World Trade Center. AP

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LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 11: Protesters from the animal rights organisation PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) demonstrate outside Somerset House against the use of rabbit fur in fashion on September 11, 2014 in London, England. The demonstration was held the day before the start of London Fashion Week and called on models, designers and buyers to boycott fur garments. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

PETA protesters demonstrate against fur in London. Getty

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NASA's Orion spacecraft, preparing for it's first flight, departs the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building on its way to the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Orion is scheduled for a test flight in early December. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

NASA’s Orion spacecraft is serviced at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. AP

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Police troopers stand on an armoured personnel carrier (APC) at a checkpoint in Sanaa September 11, 2014. Yemen's government and Shi'ite Muslim Houthi rebels signed an agreement on Thursday to end a crisis that has seen weeks of sometimes bloody protests in the capital Sanaa, a member of the government's negotiating team said. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Troopers stand on a tank at a checkpoint in Sanaa, Yemen. Reuters

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President Barack Obama pauses after laying a wreath at the Pentagon, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, to mark the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

President Obama pauses at a wreath-laying at the Pentagon. AP

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President Barack Obama picks up 13-month-old Larnell Maurice Perry Jr., grandson of Angelene C. Carter, who was killed in the September 11 attacks at the Pentagon, at the Pentagon, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, during a ceremony where Obama marked the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

A baby greets President Obama at the Pentagon. AP

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Barry Hogan prays at the Empty Sky Memorial at Liberty State Park, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, in Jersey City, N.J. The country is observing the 13th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

A man prays at the Empty Sky Memorial in Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J. AP

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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 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 will read the names of the victims at a ceremony at ground zero. (AP Photo/Justin Lane, Pool)

A woman places flowers on names at the North Pool at the 9/11 Memorial in New York. AP

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Vice President Joe Biden speaks to volunteers during a visit to George Washington University in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, to participate in the Points of Light Serving Together Project, marking the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Points of Light paid tribute to the first responders on September 11, 2001 by assembling care packages. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Vice President Biden speaks at George Washington University in Washington. AP

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Family and friends of the 40 passengers and crew of Flight 93 walk past the Wall of Names at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa.. as they arrive for a Service of Remembrance Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Mourners pass the Wall of Names at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa. AP

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A cat lies on a bed at a basement used as a shelter from artillery fire in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, September 11, 2014. REUTERS/Marko Djurica (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ANIMALS SOCIETY)

A cat lies on a bed in a shelter amid artillery fire in Donetsk, Ukraine. Reuters

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Members of the New York Police Department, Fire Department of New York and Port Authority Police Department carry an American flag at the beginning of the memorial observances held at the site of the World Trade Center in New York

Members of the New York Police Department, the Fire Department of New York and the Port Authority Police Department carry an American flag during memorial observances Thursday morning. Reuters

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BARCELONA, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 11: Demonstrators wave Pro-Independence Catalan flags during a demonstration as part of the celebrations of the National Day of Catalonia on September 11, 2014 in Barcelona, Spain. Thousands of Catalans celebrating the 'Diada de Catalunya' are using it as an opportunity to hold demonstrations to demand the right to hold a self-determination referendum next November. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Demonstrators wave pro-Catalan independence flags on National Day of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain. Getty

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Meg Sutherland Smith, associate director of veterinary services at the San Diego Zoo, uses a light to seal a dental composite during a restorative dental procedure on giant panda Bai Yun at the San Diego Zoo Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. The dental procedure was needed after keepers noticed a chip in one of Bai Yuns lower canines. After a dental exam was performed and X-rays taken, the Zoos veterinary team proceeded to repair the chipped tooth on the anesthetized panda. A dental composite was used to fill in the damaged tooth, which was then cured with a light to seal the filling. (AP Photo/San Diego Zoo, Ken Bohn)

Giant panda Bai Yun gets dental work at the San Diego Zoo. AP

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