Remembrance services were held across Britain for those who died in the September 11 attacks on the US, which included 67 Britons, on a day that sent many including Prime Minister David Cameron in a tizzy over the fate of their kin.
For a while, Cameron could not contact his wife, Samantha, who was in New York on the day.
In London, families of some of the 67 British victims gathered for a service at Grosvenor Chapel and a ceremony was held at St Paul's Cathedral. Wreaths are to be laid at the September 11 Memorial Garden near the US embassy.
Foreign Secretary William Hague paid tribute to the "courage and dignity" of the US and victims of other attacks, including the 2005 London bombings.
US ambassador to the UK, Louis Susman, said Americans had reacted with strength to the terror attacks. He told BBC: "The big thing that we've seen is the incredible resiliency of the American people and people around the world. We don't live in fear, our societies move forward, our businesses work
He added: "So we'll never forget this day, it's a moment which we feel confident that, whatever we did, we protected America and in some places the world."
In the evening, there will be a service at Westminster Abbey. Members of the UK's Firefighters Memorial Trust will lay a wreath in memory of the 343 members of New York's fire department killed while responding to the attacks.
Services are also planned at Birmingham Cathedral and there will be events in Plymouth and at Truro Cathedral and Exeter Cathedral.
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