For the last several years, the ceremony was held at the new 9/11 memorial located in the beach's parking lot.
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The crowd for the ceremony seemed to be one of the largest in recent years.
Renae Jaros, of Wantagh, attended for the first time.
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"It's actually very emotional," she said. "We lost a lot of friends and we're still losing a lot."
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The ceremony featured, as it does every year, speeches by local officials, prayers from religious leaders and music from the choir at Kellenberg Memorial High School.
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Howard Seidman, of Merrick, said whenever he can, he visits the 9/11 memorial at Point Lookout.
"I always make it my business to come here to remember those that we have lost," he said.
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