In observance of 9/11, the Pine Bluff Fire and Emergency Services Department will hold a ceremony Monday, Sept. 11.
“In memory of our fallen brothers and sisters, we commemorate that day with a ceremony held on the anniversary, which falls on Monday, Sept. 11th, 2017. The public is welcome to join by stopping at your local fire station,” a spokesman said in a news release.
The ceremony includes a moment of silence Monday at 8:58 a.m. All available fire department personnel will assemble at attention in front of the station flag pole (or a central location in front of the building.) The company officer or chaplain, if present, may choose to make brief remarks. Officials will lower the flag according to local, state or national proclamation. At 8:59 a.m., the sirens will be sounded for one minute.
The ceremony is held in remembrance of Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorists crashed two planes into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and a fourth plane crashed in a field in rural Pennsylvania, a spokesman recalled.
“Three hundred forty-six firefighters and paramedics were killed during the Sept. 11th attacks,” the spokesman said.