In this photo provided by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, one of the last two segments of the silver spire to be installed on top of One World Trade Center is hoisted on May 2, 2013. (AP/Port Authority of New York and New Jersey) 

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    This Jan. 15, 2013 photo shows a tribute in graffiti to Lillian Fredricks that a construction worker left on a steel column on the 104th floor of One World Trade Center in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) 

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      Linda Torrens holds a portrait of her cousin Janine Nicole Gonzalez during the observances held on the eleventh anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool) 

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        Linda Torrens holds a portrait of her cousin Janine Nicole Gonzalez during the observances held on the eleventh anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool) 

        Photos: America remembers: Sept. 11

        On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people were killed on America's worst day of terrorism as 19 al-Qaida terrorists hijacked four passenger jetliners.

          Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, listens as President Barack Obama answers a question during the second presidential debate Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) 

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