Senior Airman Travis Hire, center, renders a salute as Airmen First Class Kenneth Mize, left, and Craig Eckels, right, lower the American Flag during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony held at the new Airman Leadership School flag pole. The three Airmen firefighters with the 316th Civil Engineer Squadron, along with other Team Andrews members, took time out of last Friday to mark the death of 2,985 innocent civilians and the heroes who responded to “Ground Zero,” the Pentagon and Shanksville, Penn., eight years ago. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Melissa Rodrigues)