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More than 1,200 servicemembers, civic leaders, and civilians banned together to create a human flag during the "9/11 Hampton Roads Remembers" ceremony at Mount Trashmore Park, Virginia Beach, Va., Sept. 11, 2006.

More than 1,200 servicemembers, civic leaders, and civilians banned together to create a human flag during the "9/11 Hampton Roads Remembers" ceremony at Mount Trashmore Park, Virginia Beach, Va., Sept. 11, 2006.

More than 1,200 servicemembers, civic leaders, and civilians banned together to create a human flag during the "9/11 Hampton Roads Remembers" ceremony at Mount Trashmore Park, Virginia Beach, Va., Sept. 11, 2006.

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