The construction of One World Trade Center, now up to 104 floors, is seen Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, across the Hudson River as a runner glides his hand at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J., along the wall of ‘Empty Sky,’ New Jersey’s memorial to the 749 people from the state lost during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Americans paused again Tuesday to mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks with familiar ceremonies, but also a sense that it’s time to move forward after a decade of remembrance. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) SEE MORE PHOTOS |
Smoke from a wildfire near White Salmon, Wash., is visible from the Columbia River near Cascade Locks, Ore., Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. Near the Columbia River Gorge, residents of about 30 homes have been evacuated, according to the U.S. Forest Service. A total of about 450 houses are threatened by the fire, and most of those residents have been told to be ready to flee if the fire heads their way. No homes have been lost, and no injuries have been reported. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Thomas Boyd) |
A large U.S. flag, left, waves in gusty winds and pedestrians cross the street under red streetlights in Newark, N.J. on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. A tornado watch has been issued for parts of New Jersey, New York City and New York’s lower Hudson Valley until 7 p.m. The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center says lightning, hail and wind gusts up to 70 mph are possible. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) |
Three-year-old actor Christian Haupt throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) |
Occupy Wall Street protestor Chris Philips screams as he is arrested near Zuccotti Park, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, in New York. Multiple Occupy Wall Street protestors have been arrested during a march toward the New York Stock Exchange on the anniversary of the grass-roots movement. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) |
The Marine One helicopter, with President Barack Obama aboard, lands at the Wall Street heliport in New York, Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) |
An Egyptian protester throws back a tear gas canister toward riot police, unseen, behind cement blocks that are used to close the street leading to the U.S. embassy during clashes in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, as part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) |
The Tribute in Light lights up lower Manhattan, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 on the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams) |
President Barack Obama talks to supporters during a campaign rally at the Stroh Center on the campus of Bowling Green State University. (Enoch Wu/Sentinel-Tribune) |
The head of the new Jesus statue "Lux Mundi" meaning "light of the world" is hoisted by a crane at Solid Rock Church on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 in Monroe, Ohio. The statue is to replace another statue that was destroyed by lightning in 2010. (AP Photo/The Cincinnati Enquirer, Amanda Davidson) |
Steve Chavez drinks water from his backpack after a brush fire near Adobe Road in Petaluma, Calif. on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. In Northern California, several fires broke out Tuesday, including one in Colusa County north of Sacramento that had surged to 1,000 acres and forced the closure of Highway 16. A 200-acre spot fire broke out about three miles away. (AP Photo/The Press Democrat, Kent Porter) |
Super Shepard Peppers are seen from Jentzen Farms at the Perrysburg Farmers Market downtown Perrysburg. (Photo: J.D. Pooley/Sentinel-Tribune) |
Eastwood’s Elise Wolff (6) celebrates with teammates after a point against Elmwood. (Photo: Enoch Wu/Sentinel-Tribune) |
Perrysburg’s Mollie Whitacre (20) celebrates with teammate Maddy Williams (20) after Williams scores a goal on Anthony Wayne. (Photo: Enoch Wu/Sentinel-Tribune) |
Olivia Karas, 3, of Swanton (middle) smiles as she tries on a paper hat made by volunteer Debbie Whitson (left) as father Jason Karas (right) has a look during the annual Black Swamp Arts Festival in Bowling Green. (Photo: Enoch Wu/Sentinel-Tribune) |
President Barack Obama, right, is picked-up and lifted off the ground by Scott Van Duzer, left, owner of Big Apple Pizza and Pasta Italian Restaurant during an unannounced stop, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, in Ft. Pierce, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) |
Five-year-old Larry Greene III, left, hugs his father Sgt. Larry Greene, as family and friends welcome home about 230 paratroopers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. The division completed nearly a year of deployment in the eastern provinces of Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. About 500 of the 3,500-Soldier brigade have returned home. The remaining paratroopers will return in a series of main body flights in September to late October. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth) |
A Cal Fire air tanker drops a load of fire retardant across the head of the Scotts Fire above Scotts Valley in Lake County, Calif., Friday Sept. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Kent Porter, Press Democrat) |