Across the country, ceremonies are being held to honor the thousands killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, when commercial planes crashed into the World Trade Center's twin towers, the Pentagon, and a field in Shanksville, Pa.

See photos of 25th anniversary commemorations from New York, Arlington, Va., Austin, Texas, Chicago, St. Louis, and Shanksville, Pa.

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