Illinoisans mark 13th anniversary of 9/11

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PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Flags flew at half-staff and ceremonies were held Thursday cross Illinois to commemorate the thirteenth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.

In Peoria, Bradley University students arrived on campus to the sight of 3,000 flags the College Republicans placed outside Bradley Hall in honor of the victims of the attacks. In the Chicago suburb of Palatine, a flight attendant who lost friends in the attacks attended a ceremony at the Palatine Firefighters memorial.

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