The town is planning to do all it can to honor the men: a six-day celebration of their valor, including luncheons, a dinner and a parade.

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"We've come back to remember the valor of those we lost, those who innocently went to work that day and the brave souls who went in after them, " former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said.

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