A pedestrian pauses for a moment of silence at the site of the former Twin Towers on the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York September 11, 2009. Families of the victims are gathering at the annual ceremony to remember the attacks that killed more than 2,700 people with the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (UNITED STATES POLITICS ANNIVERSARY DISASTER)
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