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New York will mark the 12th anniversary of the 9-11 attack on the World Trade Center on Wednesday, September 11th.

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A man walks through the 9-11 Empty Sky memorial across from New York's One World Trade Center at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey. New York will mark the 12th anniversary of the 9-11 attack on the World Trade Center on Wednesday.Gary Hershorn/Reuters

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A woman places her hand on names at the north pool at the 9/11 Memorial in New York.Eric Thayer/Reuters

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The "Cross"(L), intersecting steel beams found in the rubble of 6 World Trade Center and a fragment of a trident column (C) that formed the exterior structure of the World Trade Center buildings, destroyed on September 11, 2001, are displayed in The National September 11 Memorial and Museum, under construction, at the World Trade Center site in New York. The Memorial and Museum is scheduled to be opened to the public in the spring of 2014.Brendan McDermid/Reuters

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One World Trade Center, center, rises above waterfalls at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York. Twelve years after terrorists destroyed the old World Trade Center, the new World Trade Center is becoming a reality, with a museum commemorating the attacks and two office towers where thousands of people will work set to open within the next year.Mark Lennihan/The Associated Press

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The National September 11 Memorial and Museum is seen in the background as water flows in the south pool of the World Trade Center Memorial in New York. Twelve years after terrorists destroyed the old World Trade Center, the new World Trade Center is becoming a reality, with a museum commemorating the attacks and two office towers where thousands of people will work set to open within the next year.Mary Altaffer/The Associated Press

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Construction continues around the last column of steel removed from the World Trade Center site in 2002, inside the The National September 11 Memorial and Museum, which is under construction, at the World Trade Center site in New York. The column (seen covered with protective material) is covered with messages and mementos of tribute affixed to its surfaces by recovery workers, first responders and family members of victims.Brendan McDermid/Reuters

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Two steel "tridents" (L) recovered from the World Trade Center site after September 11, 2001, stand in the entry pavilion area of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, which is under construction, at the World Trade Center site in New York. The Memorial is scheduled to be opened to the public in the spring of 2014.Brendan McDermid/Reuters

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A construction worker walks past two steel "tridents" (L) recovered from the World Trade Center site after September 11, 2001, in the entry pavilion area of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum under construction at the World Trade Center site in New York. The Memorial is scheduled to be opened to the public in the spring of 2014.Brendan McDermid/Reuters

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The Tribute in Light rises above the lower Manhattan skyline and Four World Trade Center, center, and One World Trade Center, left, in a test of the memorial light display in New York. The twin beams of light will also appear Wednesday, Sept. 11, twelve years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.Mark Lennihan/The Associated Press

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