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| A man pauses to say a prayer at a candlelight vigil before a service for family members of the victims of the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in the Washington Heights section of New York City November 12, 2001. Flight 587, an Airbus A300-600 jet bound for the Dominican Republic, crashed into a residential area in the Rockaway, Queens section of New York City shortly after takeoff from New York's JFK International Airport earlier in the day. Washington Heights is home to the largest community of Dominicans in the United States. REUTERS/Mike Segar |