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English: U.S. Army Lt. Col. Douglas R. Walter, commander of the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, thank the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force for their participation in the 9/11 remembrance ceremony at the Yakima Training Center, Wash., Sept. 11, 2013. Terrorists hijacked four passenger aircraft Sept. 11, 2001. Two of the aircraft were deliberately crashed into the World Trade Center in New York; one was crashed into the Pentagon; the fourth crashed near Shanksville, Pa. Nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Sgt. Jason Shepherd/Released)