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Command Sergeant Major Brian Branley of Medford lifted an American flag atop the Red Sox dugout between innings during the 9/11 anniversary remembrances at Fenway Park.

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Ken Terrell of Cambridge read the names of those killed on American Airlines Flight 175 and Flight 11 at the Logan Airport 911 Memorial. "This hits me right in the gut every year," he said.

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At an after-school program in the South End, Jasmany Fuentes, 16, reflected on his 19-year-old brother, Jorge Fuentes, who was killed on Wheatland Avenue in Dorchester.

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Members of the Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts marched toward Ashburton Park near the State House for the annual Massachusetts Fallen Fire Fighters Memorial Ceremony. Among those honored this year were 343 firefighters who died after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

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Hady Eid Alawa, 4, of East Hampstead, N.H., waved a flag as local Syrian-Americans rallied in Copley Square against the killing of children in Syria.

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Patience Osazuwa, originally from Nigeria, waved the American flag during a naturalization ceremony at the TD Garden for 2,396 immigrants from 132 countries.

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Jacob Flaud, from a Newburg, Pa., timber structures company, was ready to cut wooden pegs during construction of a new barn at Hornstra Farms in Norwell.

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Drs. Bohdan Pomahae and Simon G. Talbot headed to a news conference with patient Katy Hayes to explain the double arm transplant procedure that she will undergo at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

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Sarah Burton of Clinton greeted her son, Brody Burton, 4, and her sister, Erin Stick of Newburyport, at the finish line for the Jimmy Fund Walk in Copley Square. Burton was walking for Brody, who is in remission with acute lymphocytic leukemia.

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Tallie Wollen, 4, ran around a hay maze at Adams Farm near her home in Cumberland, R.I.

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Hovering clouds didn't stop Stephen Dulong from spending outdoor time with his year-old granddaughter, Emma Close, at a park along Quincy Shore Drive in Quincy.

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Jamie Sawler of the Muddas made an interception against the Cumberland Muckaneers during the annual Mud Bowl football tournament in North Conway, N.H.

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Cody Ross argued with the umpire after being called on a third strike in the 8th inning as the Red Sox played the New York Yankees at Fenway Park. Ross was thrown out of the game.

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Pedro Ciriaco leaped for joy after he beat the throw to Yankees catcher Russell Martin (55) to score the winning Red Sox run in the bottom of the ninth inning on a single by teammate Jacoby Ellsbury at Fenway Park.

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New England Patriots defensive end Chandler Jones (95) and linebacker Dont'a Hightower (54) celebrated after Hightower recovered Jones’s fumble for a touchdown run during the season opener against the Tennessee Titans at LP Field in Nashville.

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New England Patriots wide receiver Brandon Lloyd (85) hurdled Tennessee Titans cornerback Coty Sensabaugh (24) for a 6 yard gain on a third quarter drive that set up a touchdown run at LP Field in Nashville.

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Fans showed the many faces of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady during the season opener in Nashville.