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'Taps' Played As Ground Zero Ceremony Concludes

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NEW YORK (AP) - The mournful playing of "Taps" has marked the conclusion of the World Trade Center ceremony marking the 14th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

There was a smattering of applause Friday when the final victim's name was read at ground zero. Then people began milling around the memorial plaza in lower Manhattan.

Linda Spinella, of Wayne, New Jersey, was there to honor her brother, Mark Zangrilli. The father of two worked for an insurance company in the south tower.

Spinella blinked back tears and said she doesn't like to think about what happened that day.

Instead, she concentrates on the the happy memories, like her brother's "goofy jokes and the way he loved his kids."

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