Patriot Day falls on September 11th
and is remembered globally as the anniversary of the catastrophic
terrorist attacks on the USA of September 11th 2001.
Embedded in the memories of everyone who lived through it, this was
the day that four jet planes were hijacked and crashed into the New
York World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia,
causing the deaths of 2,977 people. The fourth plane was directed at
Washington DC, but its passengers bravely attempted to take back
control and it crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
A large majority of those lives lost, were
after the attacks on the Twin Towers. They were working at or above
the points of collision, and thousands of people who had gone to work
that morning like every other day, suddenly found themselves stranded
at the top of a burning skyscraper. A number of them made the choice
to jump from the flaming buildings rather than to wait and be caught
by the flames or for the building to collapse.
In the wake of the World Trade Center
collisions, many brave men and women from the emergency services
risked their lives to try and help rescue victims of the attacks, and
of them 411 lost their own lives attempting to fight fires and rescue
people.
On September 11th, 2014 The Adrian
Fire Department will be conducting a remembrance ceremony for those
lives lost during the brutal attacks that were done for nothing more
than to hurt and destroy us. During this ceremony we will recognize
our veterans and the brave men and women who are defending our
country today all in the name of FREEDOM! Nothing is
free and nobody understands that better than the men and women of our
United States Military. Freedom is so much more than a word. It is a
right that thousands of men and women have defended for years so we
as Americans can remain free and have choice. The American Soldier
still presses on today and they are willing to die for our country
and defend us to the end. Saying thank you to them just seems so
little. But also seems so right!
Date: Thursday 09-11-2014
Lineup for those participating in the
procession is 5:30 with a 5:45 start at 1st
& Clark
6:00 p.m. procession will be on the Business
District of Main Street
Program follows at the Optimist Building, and
should start between 6:45 – 7:00 p.m.
