9/11 attacks remembered
New York sees its first commemoration ceremony since the opening of the museum at the National September 11 Memorial
A woman who did not wish to be identified pauses at the edge of the World Trade Center North Pool during memorial observances on the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks in New York.JUSTIN LANE/AFP / Getty Images
White roses are seen placed in an inscribed name at the World Trade Center North Pool during memorial observances on the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks in New York.JUSTIN LANE/AFP / Getty Images
Sam Pulia, mayor of Westerchester, IL, and a former police officer of the same town, mourns over the name of his cousin, New York firefighter Thomas Anthony Casoria, who was killed in the South Tower, prior to the the memorial observances held at the site of the World Trade Center in in New York.Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Memorabilia left for loved one at North Pool during memorial observances held at the site of the World Trade Center .Pool/Getty Images
NY-Port Authority Police Officer Donna Przybyszewski spent a moment to think about her colleagues she knew who lost their lives during September 11th attack in 2001, at the South Tower Memorial Pool .Chang W. Lee/The Associated Press
A firefighter looks at a memorial mural on the outside of firehouse Engine 10 Company 10 adjacent to the World Trade Center in New York,.Mark Lennihan/The Associated Press
Kevin Brosnan, a retired NYPD detective, visits the South Tower Memorial Pool before memorial observances held at the site of the World Trade Center in New York.Chang W. Lee/The Associated Press
Flowers are placed at the South Tower Memorial Pool before memorial observances held at the site of the World Trade Center in New York.Chang W. Lee/The Associated Press
A pair of high-heel shoes worn by JoAnne âJoJoâù Capestro while descending 87 floors of stairs to escape a World Trade center tower on Sept. 11, 2001. The shoes are among the clothes, wallets, helmets, and other personal effects donated to the museum by survivors and those who worked at the site in the attacksâ aftermath.John D Childs/The Associated Press
Rick Sarmiento, center, embraces Karen Bingham, left, and Nancy Root, right, during a visit to the Flight 93 National Memorial.Gene J. Puskar/The Associated Press
President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and others, put their hands on their hearts during the playing of Taps on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.Charles Dharapak/The Associated Press