Carson City remembers September 11 at Mills Park
Dozens attended a ceremony this morning in Mills Park, commemorating the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and United Flight 93 over Pennsylvania.
An invocation by Carson City Assistant Fire Chief Tom Tarulli preceded the presentation of colors in front of the 9/11 memorial, which features a section of I-beam from the World Trade Center that collapsed in Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001 after two jets slammed into the South and North towers, respectively.
The ceremonial bell ringing, playing of taps, and lowering the flag to half mast were performed following official remarks by Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong, Mayor Bob Crowell and Carson City Deputy Fire Chief Robert Charles.
Sunday morning's ceremony honored the more than 3,000 dead from the World Trade Center, Pentagon and Flight 93, including more than 400 first responders who braved the wreckage in an effort to save those trapped in the buildings.
Sheriff Furlong called 9/11 an event "that forever changed our way of life."
Mayor Crowell expressed his gratitude for the duty of law enforcement and fire rescue personnel, as well as those of the United States Armed Forces who responded in the days that followed the terrorist attacks.
"On a personal note, God bless the U.S. Navy Seals who took out OBL (Osama Bin Laden)," he said.
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