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New York remembers the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks in a special ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the event attended by President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden and former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. IMAGES
A solemn ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States is under way in New York under tight security. A marching band launch the start of the service at Ground Zero, where Al-Qaeda hijackers slammed jetliners into the World Trade Center killing almost 3,000 people, shortly after 8:40 am (1240 GMT). IMAGES
US President Joe Biden and US First Lady Jill Biden arrive at a commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Memorial Plaza in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where the fourth hijacked plane came down. IMAGES
Under clear blue Caribbean skies, 9/11 victims' family members gather for a flag-raising ceremony at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on the attacks' 20th anniversary, as the attacks' mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, sits in a prison cell just a few miles away. IMAGES
US Vice President Kamala Harris, former President George W. Bush and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland arrive ahead of a solemn ceremony in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, to mark the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, at the site of a crash of a plane hijacked by four jihadists. IMAGES
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