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Stunning images of the New York City skyline every year on 9/11

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Stunning images of the New York City skyline every year on 9/11

September 11, 2001

September 11, 2001

September 11, 2002

September 11, 2002

September 11, 2003

September 11, 2003

New York City commemorates the attacks each year by casting 88 searchlights into the sky, creating two columns of light to represent the Twin Towers. The installation, known as Tribute in Light, started on the first anniversary of 9/11 and has since become an annual memorial.

September 11, 2004

September 11, 2004

September 11, 2005

September 11, 2005

September 11, 2006

September 11, 2006

September 11, 2007

September 11, 2007

September 11, 2008

September 11, 2008

September 11, 2009

September 11, 2009

September 11, 2010

September 11, 2010

September 11, 2011

September 11, 2011

Since 2011, politicians have not been allowed to read names or deliver remarks at the 9/11 commemoration service in order to preserve the apolitical nature of the ceremony.

September 11, 2012

September 11, 2012

September 11, 2013

September 11, 2013

September 11, 2014

September 11, 2014

As New Yorkers gathered for another year of memorial services, former President Obama delivered a speech at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. "Beginning tomorrow, there will be teenagers — young adults — who were born after 9/11," Obama said. "While these young Americans did not know the horrors of that day, their lives have been shaped by all the days since."

September 11, 2015

September 11, 2015

September 11, 2016

September 11, 2016

September 11, 2017

September 11, 2017

President Donald Trump delivered remarks at the Pentagon's 9/11 memorial service last year. "We're gathered here today to remember a morning that started very much like this one," he said. "On that day, not only did the world change, but we all changed. Our eyes were opened to the depths of the evil we face. But in that hour of darkness, we also came together with renewed purpose. Our differences never looked so small, our common bonds never felt so strong."

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