SEATTLE — Flags will be lowered to half-staff across Washington state on Thursday for Patriot Day, honoring the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Gov. Bob Ferguson directed Washington state and U.S. flags be lowered at all state agencies on Thursday, Sept. 11 until close of business or sunset.

Patriot Day memorializes the lives lost when al-Qaeda hijackers crashed two planes into the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York City in 2001. A third hijacked plane crashed into the Pentagon in Virginia.

In total, 2,996 people were killed in the attacks.

Just last month, the remains of three 9/11 victims were identified through evolving DNA technology as part of the ongoing effort to return the dead to their loved ones.

New York City officials identified remains of Ryan

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