9/11 commemoration aboard USS New York [Image 27 of 31]

GULF OF ADEN, AT SEA

09.11.2012

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Cyrus Roson 

Defense Imagery Management Operations Center     

U.S. sailors and Marines render a gun salute during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21). Terrorists hijacked four passenger aircraft Sept. 11, 2001. Two of the aircraft were deliberately crashed into the World Trade Center in New York; one was crashed into the Pentagon; the fourth crashed near Shanksville, Pa. Nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks. New York is part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group with the embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit built with 7.5 tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Cyrus Roson/Released)

• Date Taken: 09.11.2012
• Date Posted: 09.17.2012 07:48
• Photo ID: 666136
• VIRIN: 120911-N-YO707-687
• Resolution: 2100x1500
• Size: 329 KB
• Location: GULF OF ADEN, AT SEA