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Q: What’s your message on the anniversary of 9/11?

A: This year marks 24 years since 19 hijackers boarded four commercial airliners in the early morning hours on Sept. 11, 2001, to commit acts of terror on U.S. soil. The terrorists commandeered the airplanes to launch suicide attacks against symbolic targets on the eastern seaboard of the United States. They targeted the headquarters of the U.S. financial system and the U.S.

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