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It’s a day Americans wish never happened.Twenty-two years ago Monday, 3,000 people lost their lives in a terrorist attack on native soil.Nothing similar to that had happened within the nation’s territories since Japanese pilots bombed the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941, resulting in the country’s declaration of war and entry into World War II.The 9/11 attacks led to the U.S.’ longest military action in its history: a 20-year deployment in Taliban controlled Afghanistan before American forces withdrew from the country in August 2021.In remembrance of that fateful day on Sept. 11, 2001, members of the ...

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