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Coast Guard recruit Elizabeth Carson lays a wreath at the foot of the Douglas Munro statue in Cape May, N.J.,Sept. 11, 2014, during a ceremony to remember those who died during the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Carson, who is in her sixth week of training, told other recruits about her uncle who died in the 9/11 attacks at the World Trade Center.

Coast Guard recruit Elizabeth Carson lays a wreath at the foot of the Douglas Munro statue in Cape May, N.J.,Sept. 11, 2014, during a ceremony to remember those who died during the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Carson, who is in her sixth week of training, told other recruits about her uncle who died in the 9/11 attacks at the World Trade Center.

Coast Guard recruit Elizabeth Carson lays a wreath at the foot of the Douglas Munro statue in Cape May, N.J.,Sept. 11, 2014, during a ceremony to remember those who died during the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Carson, who is in her sixth week of training, told other recruits about her uncle who died in the 9/11 attacks at the World Trade Center.

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