U.S. Navy Air-Traffic Controller 1st Class Fernando Montes, foreground, selected for promotion to chief petty officer, holds a folded U.S. flag in honor of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks as part of a 9/11 remembrance ceremony in the hangar bay of the newly commissioned amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) Sept. 11, 2014, in the Pacific Ocean. Terrorists hijacked four passenger aircraft Sept. 11, 2001. Two of the aircraft were deliberately crashed into the World Trade Center in New York; one was crashed into the Pentagon; the fourth crashed near Shanksville, Pa. Nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks. The America embarked on a mission to conduct training engagements with partner nations throughout the Americas before reporting to its new home port of San Diego. The America was set to be ceremoniously commissioned Oct. 11, 2014.