Tributes were paid across the nation before the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks
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Roses are left in front of One World Trade Center at the national 9/11 Memorial in advance of the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Getty Images
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Students of the Pepperdine University placed around 3,000 flags at their campus in Malibu, California in tribute to the nearly 3,000 victims lost in the September attacks. Getty Images
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Midshipmen place 2,996 mini American flags on Stribling walk, to represent those lost on 9-11, at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. Getty Images
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Candles in memory of the passengers and crew of Flight 93, are lit along the Wall of Names at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. AP
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40 passengers and the crew of the hijacked Flight 93 were among the victims of the attacks. AP
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The Tribute in Light rises above the lower Manhattan skyline in New York a day before the fifteenth anniversary of the attacks. AP

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