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Police stand in Jersey City, N.J., with One World Trade Center visible in the background as they participate in an event on Friday honoring the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Americans gather to remember 9/11, divided about its legacy
Brian Mann, Bill Chappell
Events in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania honored those lost 25 years ago on Sept. 11, at a time when Americans are divided about the meaning and legacy of the terrorist attacks.
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Mae Gilliland
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Pekin Marigold Festival taking place Sept. 9-13 at Mineral Springs Park
Mae Gilliland Wright
Lucelly, who asked NPR to withhold her last name, is an undocumented worker from Colombia who went to clean up at ground zero after the Sept. 11 attacks. Since then she has battled breast cancer and respiratory disease.
Nate Langston Palmer for NPR
NPR News
They cleaned up ground zero. Now many are hiding from ICE
Jasmine Garsd
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