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The Latest: Loved ones gather for 9/11 anniversary ceremony

FILE- In this Sept. 11, 2015 file photo, a woman holds up a photograph during the ceremony commemorating the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center site in New York. Victims' relatives and dignitaries will once again convene Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, on the memorial plaza at the World Trade Center for one of the constants in how America remembers 9/11 after 15 years, the anniversary ceremony itself. (AP Photo/Bryan R. Smith, File)
FILE- In this Sept. 11, 2015 file photo, a woman holds up a photograph during the ceremony commemorating the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center site in New York. Victims' relatives and dignitaries will once again convene Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, on the memorial plaza at the World Trade Center for one of the constants in how America remembers 9/11 after 15 years, the anniversary ceremony itself. (AP Photo/Bryan R. Smith, File) FILE- In this Sept. 11, 2015 file photo, a woman holds up a photograph during the ceremony commemorating the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center site in New York. Victims' relatives and dignitaries will once again convene Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, on the memorial plaza at the World Trade Center for one of the constants in how America remembers 9/11 after 15 years, the anniversary ceremony itself. (AP Photo/Bryan R. Smith, File)

By Associated Press 2 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – The Latest on commemorations marking the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks (all times local):

8:20 a.m.

Family members of those lost on Sept. 11 are arriving at ground zero for the ceremony marking the 15th anniversary of the attacks.

Some are going into National September 11 Museum, which is open only to victims’ families until Sunday afternoon, when the public will be allowed to enter.

About an hour before the official commemoration start, police officers in uniform and bagpipers rehearsed part of the ceremony involving a display of the US flag.