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Nation Marks 9/11 Anniversary With Ceremonies, Demonstrations
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Vice President Joe Biden joined New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and hundreds who lost family and friends to remember the 2,752 people who perished in the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center.
The ninth-anniversary ceremony, held in Zuccotti Park adjacent to the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan yesterday, began shortly before 8:46 a.m., the moment when a jetliner hijacked by members of the Muslim terrorist group al-Qaeda smashed into the complex’s north tower. A second airplane hit the south tower 17 minutes later. The ceremony attracted more people than last year’s event, held in a heavy rain.