9/11 - Never Forget

Interviews with participants of California National Guard 9/11 10-year anniversary commemoration. Includes interviews with Kamala Harris, Calif. Attorney General, 2nd Lt. Alejandro Strawn from Sacramento, Calif., Sgt. Maichor Khang, Senior Master Sgt. Benjamin Bailey, Jr., from North Islands, Calif. and Brig. Gen. Matthew Beevers, Assistant Adjutant General of Calif. 911TenAnniv

9/11 ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan

B-roll of 9-11 Remembrance Ceremony at Camp Eggers, Kabul, Afghanistan. Produced by Senior Airman Chris Beaver. Also available in high definition.

U.S. Marines from 2D Marine Division Forward (2D MARDIV FWD) conduct an evening colors ceremony aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan on September 11, 2011. Marines of 2D MARDIV FWD raised over 50 American Flags to honor the events of September 11th, 2011. 911TenAnniv

In the beginning it was called the Tarheel Minuteman Road Race. The race was started over 15 years ago, and it was held annually until the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001. The race was initially the brainchild of the late Retired Master Sgt. Charlie Tanner. The trophies for the fastest male and female runners are dedicated to him. The race is open to retirees, full-time and traditional guardsmen in the North Carolina National Guard, as well as their dependents and friends. 911TenAnniv

U.S. Marines from 2D Marine Division Forward (2D MARDIV FWD), perform Evening Colors while also raising 51 additional American flags aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan on Sept. 11, 2011. The marines of 2D MARDIV FWD had 51 personal flags raised to honor and remember the events of September 11th, 2001. (U.S. Marine Corps motion imagery by Cpl. Charles T. Mabry II/ Released). 911TenAnniv

U.S. and Australian forces remembered the lives lost on September 11th, 2001 during a ceremony on their joint Forward Operating Base Taren Kowt, Afghanistan. The service had a bell ring (Nat) and a moment of silence for the two towers and the Pentagon. One of the guest speakers was only eleven-years-old when it happened. As the sun set, the ceremony concluded with Taps and a missing man helicopter formation. Also available in high definition. 911TenAnniv

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(Army) SPC Daniel A. Rojas, CBRN Specialist, 3rd Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade from Prosser, Wash.

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CBRN= Chemical, Biological, Radiological, & Nuclear

The Transit Center at Manas is the staging area for most of the air operations going into and out of Afghanistan. The Kyrgyz president was guest of honor at this year's ceremony. Includes sound bites from Roza Otunbayeva, Kyrgyz Republic president. 911TenAnniv

9/11 Remembrance Ceremony with 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment from Vilseck, Germany and the Panzergrenadierbataillon 122 from Oberviechtach, Germany. 911TenAnniv.

The ceremony symbolically gave a 1,469lb steel beam artifact (artifact # H-0031a) from the World Trade Center to the town of Oberviechtach. It is the only original artifact from the World Trade Center given to Germany. Ceremony occured at 14:45 German time which is the exact time the first plane hit the World Trade Center.

The guest speakers were the 76th Colonel of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Col. Keith A. Barclay from Indiana, Pennsylvania and the chairman from German American Firefighters and Friends, Herr Martin Zimmermann, from Oberviechtach.

9/11 ceremony from Kabul