California Remembers

Earl Dorsey consoles his niece Vanessa Menchaca, 11, during a memorial service dedicated to Dorsey’s wife, Amgen research scientist Dora Menchaca, who died aboard Flight 77 when it slammed into the Pentagon. The ceremony took place at the biotechnology company’s headquarters in Thousand Oaks.  (RICARDO DeARATANHA / LAT)

Amgen workers attend the memorial service for Dora Menchaca, who died aboard Flight 77 when it crashed into the Pentagon.  (RICARDO DeARATANHA / LAT)

Rita Mekhedjian of Canoga Park adjusts balloons during a prayer memorial at the Shepherd of the Hills Church in Porter Ranch.  (BRIAN VANDER BRUG / LAT)

American flags are towed by planes flying over the Colburn School for the Performing Arts in downtown Los Angeles  (LAWRENCE K. HO / LAT)

L.A. Fire Department recruits take part in a remembrance ceremony at City Hall in downtown Los Angeles.  (LUIS SINCO / LAT)

Firefighter recruits stand at attention at the start of the ceremony held at Los Angeles City Hall.  (CAROLYN COLE / LAT)

Concepcion Sanchez offers a prayer during a service organized by homeless men at the Dolores Mission in downtown Los Angeles. The men prayed for undocumented workers who died in the Sept. 11 attacks and took up a collection for the workers’ families.  (FRANCINE ORR / LAT)

Reinita Villamor holds hands with fellow employees of Los Angeles International Airport in a remembrance ceremony.  (AL SEIB / LAT)

Two Los Angeles firefighters tie a flag between ladders before a procession commemmorating the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks arrives outside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.  (BEATRICE DE GEA / LAT)

A procession of Los Angeles firefighters and police officers arrives at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels for an interfaith memorial service.  (BEATRICE de GEA / LAT)

Walpola Piyananda offers a prayer at the interfaith service at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.  (ROBERT GAUTHIER / LAT)

Abby Truong, left, and Thi Vu, who work for the city of Los Angeles, bow their heads at City Hall during a moment of prayer for the victims of Sept. 11.  (CAROLYN COLE / LAT)

Jennifer Giller reacts to a speaker during an early morning remembrance ceremony at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley.  (SPENCER WEINER / LAT)

Roger Knepher of San Diego heads to work aboard the aircraft carrier USS John Stennis at the North Island Naval Air Station. The ship played a key role in the bombing of Afghanistan.  (DON TORMEY / LAT)

As the sun rises over the Port of Los Angeles, Charlene Metcalf wipes a tear during a moment of silence at a Sept. 11 memorial salute at Fire Station 112 in San Pedro.  (BOB CHAMBERLIN / LAT)

Newport Beach paramedic Brian Slater plays the bagpipes while a flotilla of tall ships and other boats circle in the waters off Corona Del Mar State Beach.  (MARK BOSTER / LAT)

Pasadena Police Sgt. Katherine George salutes as ‘Taps’ is played over the PA system at Pasadena City Hall.  (CARLOS CHAVEZ / LAT)

Newport Beach firefighters Andy Hopper, left, and Brian Fraz stand atop the ladders on their trucks while a flotilla of tall ships sails the waters off Corona Del Mar State Beach. Family members of Sept. 11 victims placed wreaths in the water.  (MARK BOSTER / LAT)

Matthew Ruzette Frazier signs a memorial book at San Francisco City Hall.  (ROBERT DURELL / LAT)

National Guard corporals Jose Alcorta, right, and Buck Charley check a fence along the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge during a dawn patrol.  (ROBERT DURELL / LAT)

Marian Habbak, 3, prays at the Islamic Center of Southern California.  (FRANCINE ORR / LAT)

Nabila Idroos attends prayers at the Islamic Center of Southern California.  (FRANCINE ORR / LAT)

Rick Farkas stands on the Avenida De Las Flores overpass over the 23 freeway in Thousand Oaks and waves the American flag as traffic passes underneath.  (BOB CAREY / LAT)

Dave Torkelson tries to get drivers on the Golden Gate Bridge to honk their horns.  (ROBERT DURELL / LAT)