U.S. Navy sailors attached to the Norfolk-based guided missile destroyer USS Cole bear a ceremonial wreath as they circle the USS Cole Memorial on Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Oct. 12, 2005. The ceremony commemorated the fifth anniversary of the bombing, which claimed the lives of 17 crewmembers as Cole was docking in Aden, Yemen. U. S. Navy photo by Seaman Christopher Okula


U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Daniel Hersey, a trumpet player from the Armed Forces School of Music on Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va., plays taps Oct. 12, 2005, during a memorial ceremony for sailors killed during the attack on the USS Cole Oct. 12, 2000. The ceremony commemorated the fifth anniversary of the bombing, which claimed the lives of 17 crewmembers as Cole was docking in Aden, Yemen. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Christopher Okula


U.S. Navy sailors attached to the Norfolk-based guided missile destroyer USS Cole bear a ceremonial wreath as they circle the USS Cole Memorial on Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Oct. 12, 2005. The ceremony was held at the USS Cole Memorial to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the bombing, which claimed the lives of 17 crewmembers as Cole was docking in Aden, Yemen, Oct. 12, 2000. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Christopher Okula


The commanding officer of the Norfolk-based guided missile destroyer USS Cole, Cmdr. Brian Solo, speaks to a crowd gathered on Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Oct. 12, 2005, to honor the lives of sailors killed during the Oct. 12, 2000, terrorist attack on the Cole. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Christopher Okula


Current crewmembers of the Norfolk-based guided missile destroyer USS Cole gather Oct. 12, 2005, on Naval Station Norfolk, Va., with the friends and family members of sailors killed during the Oct. 12, 2000, terrorist attack. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Christopher Okula

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