WASHINGTON (DC News Now) -- Twenty-four years ago, the 9/11 Terror Attacks shook the United States, claiming the lives of nearly 3,000 people.
On Sept. 11, 2001, al-Qaeda militants hijacked four planes, steering them into the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania.
In remembrance of the many lives lost during the attacks, numerous memorials and tributes across D.C., Maryland and Virginia were held on Thursday.
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9/11 24th Anniversary Commemoration and Memorial Ceremony | Northwest, D.C.
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Council hosted a 24th Anniversary Commemoration and Memorial Ceremony in honor of the brave first responders who perished in the attacks. Bowser also remembered six members of the District of Columbia Pu