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Officials were seen unfurling a US flag on the west side of the Pentagon early Monday morning - a hint of some of the ceremonies set to take place observing the anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
The day marks 22 years since the terrorist attacks took thousands of lives in New York City, Pennsylvania, and Arlington, Virginia - where the Department of Defense Headquarters today still stands despite being stuck.
The attacks happened quickly - claiming nearly 3,000 lives and counting as illnesses to this day continue to affect first responders. The North Tower was hit at 8:46 am, then 17 minutes later the South. A third hijacked plane ripped a hole into the western side of the Pentagon at 9:37 am - leaving another 184 lives lost.
A flag has been unfurled at the site each year since - celebrating the bravery that was on display from first responders as well as countless Good Samaritans who jumped into action that day.
Other commemorations set to commence stretch from the other attack sites, and to Alaska and beyond. President Joe Biden is due at a ceremony on a military base in Anchorage, and Kamala Harris is set to attend the annual ceremony at Ground Zero.
Monday marks 22 years since the terrorist attacks took thousands of lives in New York City, Pennsylvania, and Arlington, Virginia - and ceremonies at all three locations
The World Trade Center was an idea for decades that finally became a design of two 110-story towers in the 1960s. Built for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the 16-acre 'superblock' with its own zip code would have seven buildings
The president's visit, en route to Washington, D.C., from a trip to India and Vietnam , is a reminder that the impact of 9/11 was felt in every corner of the nation, however remote.
On that day, 'we were one country, one nation, one people, just like it should be. That was the feeling - that everyone came together and did what we could, where we were at, to try to help,' said Eddie Ferguson, the fire-rescue chief in Virginia´s Goochland County.
It's more than 100 miles from the Pentagon and more than three times as far from New York. But a sense of connection is enshrined in a local memorial incorporating steel from the World Trade Center´s destroyed twin towers.
The predominantly rural county of 25,000 people holds not just one but two anniversary commemorations: a morning service focused on first responders and an evening ceremony honoring all the victims.
Other communities across the country pay tribute with moments of silence, tolling bells, candlelight vigils
