The Pine Bluff Fire & Emergency Services will host its annual 9/11 observance on Wednesday morning. The public is welcome to attend the commemoration at a local fire station at 8:58 a.m.
City Hall will also host a ceremony at noon, according to a news release.
In memory of their fallen brothers and sisters, the fire department will commemorate that day with a ceremony, according to a news release.
The Wednesday ceremony for firefighters includes:
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8:58 a.m. — A moment of silence. All available fire department personnel will assemble at attention in front of their station flag pole (or a central location in front of the building).
Company officer or chaplain, if present, may choose to make brief remarks;
Lowered flag according to local, state or national proclamation;
Community involvement is optional;
When assembled, maintain silence.
8:59 a.m. — Time of the South Tower Collapse.
Sirens sounded for one minute.
9 a.m. — One Minute of Complete Silence.
“The September 11 attacks (often referred to as Sept. 11th or 9/11) were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. Three hundred forty-six (346) firefighters and paramedics and 71 law enforcement officers were killed during the September 11th attacks,” the news release states. “They didn’t concern themselves with their own safety but unselfishly were more concerned about others, even to the point of losing their lives.
“Nearly 3,000 civilians also lost their lives that day.”
CITY CEREMONY
The community is invited to attend the annual 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at noon Wednesday at the city of Pine Bluff Memorial Garden, 200 E. Eighth Ave., in the civic center complex. Participants will honor the lives of those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, including a man from Pine Bluff.
“Each year, we solemnly honor the life and service of Petty Officer Nehamon Lyons IV, a proud Pine Bluff native and 1989 graduate of Dollarway High School, who tragically lost his life on Sept. 11, 2001, while serving at the Pentagon,” according to a news release.