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Navy Chief Petty Officer Bernard Brown, whose 11-year-old son died in the American Airlines flight that terrorists crashed into the Pentagon Sept. 11, holds an extinguished Olympic torch following a Dec. 21, 2001, ceremony at the Pentagon. The Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002 hosted the ceremony to honor the heroes and 184 victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. Photo by Linda D. Kozaryn

Navy Chief Petty Officer Bernard Brown, whose 11-year-old son died in the American Airlines flight that terrorists crashed into the Pentagon Sept. 11, holds an extinguished Olympic torch following a Dec. 21, 2001, ceremony at the Pentagon. The Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002 hosted the ceremony to honor the heroes and 184 victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. Photo by Linda D. Kozaryn

Navy Chief Petty Officer Bernard Brown, whose 11-year-old son died in the American Airlines flight that terrorists crashed into the Pentagon Sept. 11, holds an extinguished Olympic torch following a Dec. 21, 2001, ceremony at the Pentagon. The Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002 hosted the ceremony to honor the heroes and 184 victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. Photo by Linda D. Kozaryn

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