Tributes to victims of the 9/11 attacks

The Tribute in Light shines  into the night sky next to the Statue of Liberty and One World Trade Center during events marking the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York

The Tribute in Light rises above buildings in lower Manhattan

This year marks the twelfth anniversary of the attacks, but the tenth for the lights themselves. They are made up of 88 individual light sources.

A girl plants some of the 3000 flags placed in memory of the lives lost in the September 11, 2001 attacks, at a park in Winnetka, Illinois

New York Fire Department firefighters Andrew Esposito (L) and his brother Michael Esposito (R) make a rubbing of their father's name, Michael A. Esposito, of the South reflecting pool at the 9/11 Memorial

A photo of New York City Firefighter Robert James Crawford who died in the 2001 attacks, placed by his family as they came to participate in ceremonies for the twelfth anniversary

Michelle Murray of Rockaway, New Jersey looks up while standing at the 9/11 Memorial

A woman touches the stone in New York with names of the 9/11 victims

Daniel Henry, a Port Authority of New York/New Jersey police officer, pauses during a moment of silence at 9:01 am EDT, at the South reflecting pool of the 9/11 Memorial

Two people with shirts commemorating New York City Fire Department firefighter Frankie Esposito sit at the South reflecting pool

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