Patriot Day Ceremony at 9:11 a.m. on Sept. 11

A Patriot Day Ceremony is planned to remember the firefighters and others who lost their lives in the Sept. 11 attack on the Twin Towers in New York City and later the Pentagon in Washington, DC.

A solemn ceremony will begin at 9:11 a.m. on 9/11 at the New Lenox Firefighter Memorial at the Village Commons, 1 Veterans Parkway. 

Almost 3,000 people died as a result of the coordinated terrorist attack. The attack by the al-Qaeda was a coordinated operation of high jacked airliners. The first plane crashed intentionally into the north and south towers of the World Trade Center, according to the Twin Tower website .

At 8:46 a.m. Eastern, the north tower was targeted, and at 9:03 a.m. Easter the south tower was struck by another high jacked airliner. Within two hours, both buildings collapsed, according to the 9/11 Memorial website.  

Within 30 minutes after the attack on the Twin Towers, the Pentagon was targeted. Another 179 people were killed, including the 54 passengers on board the hijacked plane. For more information on the Pentagon attack, visit 9-11 Research.  

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