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Airline employees, who had just completed a bicycle ride across America to raise money for three 9/11 memorials, place a wreath at the crash site of American Airlines Flight 77 at the Pentagon, May 9, 2006. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, right, and Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England joined the cyclists.

9/11 Memorial

Airline employees, who had just completed a bicycle ride across America to raise money for three 9/11 memorials, place a wreath at the crash site of American Airlines Flight 77 at the Pentagon, May 9, 2006. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, right, and Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England joined the cyclists.

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