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Americans commemorate 19th anniversary of Sept. 11 with tributes altered by coronavirus precautions

By Associated Press

Sept. 11, 2020

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MIKE SIMONS/TULSA WORLD VIA AP

Tulsa Firefighter John Buck rests at the top of the hill known as Big Bertha as he and others climb it to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the U.S., Friday, Sept. 11, in Tulsa, Okla.
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Tulsa Firefighter John Buck carries an American flag as he and others climb the hill known as Big Bertha to commemorate the Sept. 11 attacks Friday, Sept. 11, in Tulsa, Okla.
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Tulsa Firefighter John Buck descends the hill known as Big Bertha on Friday, Sept. 11, in Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa Firefighters and others climbed the hill 12 times to commemorate the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the U.S.
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MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE/TAMPA BAY TIMES VIA AP

Members of the public place their hands over heart during the singing of the national anthem during a remembrance event on the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks at Tropicana Field, Friday, Sept. 11, in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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A flock of geese fly past an Osprey aircraft, part of the entourage of President Donald Trump as he arrives to speak at the Flight 93 National Memorial Service in Shanksville, Pa., Friday, Sept. 11.
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A visitor pauses at the Wall of Names during a visit to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., Friday, Sept. 11.
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Visitors to the Flight 93 National Memorial stand on an observation platform overlooking the crash site in Shanksville, Pa., Friday, Sept. 11.
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Mounted Pennsylvania State Police stand in a field overlooking the Flight 93 Memorial during a visit by President Donald Trump in Shanksville, Pa., Friday, Sept. 11.
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Names of the 40 passengers and crew of Flight 93 are read followed by the ringing of two bells during a memorial service help at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., Friday, Sept. 11.
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Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden visit a boulder marking the impact site of Flight 93 with Pat White, right, who lost his cousin in the crash of Flight 93, his wife Dawn , second from right, and son Joey, center, at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., Friday, Sept. 11. The Bidens visited to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden, center, visits with Pat White, left, his son Joey and wife Dawn, right, after laying a wreath at the Wall of Names, at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., Friday, Sept. 11. The Bidens visited to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Mr. White's cousin was a passenger on Flight 93.
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President Donald Trump places a wreath at a 19th anniversary observance of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., Friday, Sept. 11, 2020.
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President Donald Trump speaks at a 19th anniversary observance of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., Friday, Sept. 11.
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Trumpeter Tom Fatten of Normal, Ill., wears a mask as he sounds taps during a 9/11 remembrance event at the firefighters memorial at Miller Park in Bloomington, Ill., Friday, Sept. 11. The event, put together by American Legion members and retired and active Bloomington and Normal firefighters remembered the more than 300 New York firefighters killed during the attacks on the World Trade Center.
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JACQUELINE DORMER/REPUBLICAN HERALD VIA AP

Flags adorn the path to the Michael Ferugio Memorial along E. Bacon Street in Palo Alto, Pa., on Friday, Sept. 11. Ferugio, a Palo Alto native, died in the attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
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A close up of the Michael Ferugio Memorial along E. Bacon Street in Palo Alto, Pa., on Friday, Sept. 11. Ferugio, a Palo Alto native, died in the attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
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JACQUELINE DORMER/REPUBLICAN HERALD VIA AP

Brian Dries, president of the Palo Alto borough council, visits the Michael Ferugio Memorial along E. Bacon Street during his annual visit to remember his friend in Palo Alto, Pa., on Friday, Sept. 11. Dries and his friends used to go fishing with Ferugio, a Palo Alto native, who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
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MATT WILLIAMSON/THE ENTERPRISE-JOURNAL VIA AP

Mississippi Highway Patrolmen, police officers and firefighters run along Delaware Avenue in McComb, Miss., on Friday, Sept. 11, in remembrance of the 9/11 terror attacks. The group ran .911 miles to the downtown McComb fire station.
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JOHN STARKS/DAILY HERALD VIA AP

Stanley Anton, a U.S. Marine veteran with 25 years of service, smokes a cigar and sorts American flags he brought to a memorial ceremony Friday, Sept. 11, at the Palatine Firefighters Memorial to honor those killed in terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
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CAM BONELLI/HATTIESBURG AMERICAN VIA AP

Hattiesburg Police Department Honor Guard performs a 21-gun salute during the city of Hattiesburg's annual 9/11 memorial ceremony near Fire Station 1 in downtown Hattiesburg, Miss., Friday, Sept. 11.

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