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180th Fighter Wing unveils 9/11 memorial

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Master Sgt. Vincent Fitzgerald holds the flag before it is raised to half mast during a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony hosted by the180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard today.

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Visitors surround two steal beams that were part of the World Trade Center during a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony hosted by the180th Fighter Wing.

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Col. Scott Reed, vice commander of the 180th Fighter Wing, right, speaks with SMSgt. Kristin Weeman, left, before a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony.

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Ftom left: Tatum Baumgartner, 9, Sheena Kreager, Mark Baumgartner, and Bowen Baumgartner, 3, bow their heads for a moment of silence during a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony hosted by the180th Fighter Wing. Baumgartner's company, Apex Custom Concrete & Masonry stained and engraved the clock face on the new memorial.

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Maj. Jeremy Ferguson, salutes the flag with his company during a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony hosted by the180th Fighter Wing.

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Members of the the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard perform a "missing man flyby" over the crowd.

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Matt Paskiet, center left, and his daughter Quinn Pratt, center right, 12, during a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony hosted by the 180th Fighter Wing.

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The two steal beams from the World Trade Center are unveiling during a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony. The memorial also includes limestone from the Pentagon and soil from Pennsylvania where Flight 93 crashed. The memorial, designed as a sun dial, will also include locally, hand-blown glass pieces representing the 2,977 lives lost in the attacks.

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Visitors walk around and take pictures of the two beams from the World Trade Center during a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony hosted by the180th Fighter Wing.

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