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Nation Honors Sept. 11 Victims

Across the country, communities marked the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with candles, silence, church bells and vigils. In New York City, 200 readers, mostly children, read out the names of the 2,792 people who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center. NPR's Nancy Solomon reports.

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