On Friday, the nation tolled bells and held moments of silence to mark the 14th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that claimed thousands of victims, scarred the earth in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania, and shocked the world.
Bagpipers and drummers played at Ground Zero in New York City, where the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers once stood. A large flag was unfurled down the side of the Pentagon, long ago repaired from the damage of the crashing airliner. A crowd gathered at the new memorial near Shanksville, Pa., where Flight 93 crashed into a lonely field.