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Mayors Remember Victims of Terror
Monday, March 11, 2002
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

Mayor Karen Anderson of Minnetonka, Minn., speaks at a memorial ceremony at the Pentagon for victims of the terrorist attack on the building Sept. 11, 2001. Anderson was among the mayors of the National League of Cities who visited the Pentagon March 11, 2002, to pay their respects. Behind Anderson is Pentagon "Mayor" David O. Cooke.
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Image Credit: Jim Garamone -- (AFPS).

WASHINGTON -- AFIS
Mayors from the National League of Cities gathered at the Pentagon today to remember those killed in the terror attack on the building Sept. 11, 2001.

During a ceremony in the Pentagon's central courtyard, Mayor Karen Anderson of Minnetonka, Minn., said Americans would never forget those who died in the attacks on the Pentagon and in New York.

The mayors are here for their annual meeting.

Pentagon "Mayor" David O. Cooke speaks during a memorial ceremony at the Pentagon. The March 11, 2002, ceremony was in the building's central garden courtyard.
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Image Credit: Jim Garamone -- (AFPS).

The mayors also named the Pentagon's David O. Cooke, director of Washington Headquarters Services, an honorary mayor. Because he's been responsible for the security, maintenance and operation of DoD buildings in the Washington area for decades, Cooke is often called the "Mayor of the Pentagon."
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