Brookline 9-11 Remembrance Ceremony Set For Wednesday

BROOKLINE, MA — The public is invited to remember and honor responders and those lost in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America.

The town of Brookline and the Brookline Fire Department will host the ceremony at 9 a.m. on Wednesday at Fire Station No. 5 at 49 Babcock Street.

The ceremony will be broadcast on BIG for anyone unable to attend.

Americans felt a collective trauma as first one and then another plane flew into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. As the truth dawned on people watching from their TVs that America was under attack, another plane took aim at the Pentagon. A fourth was brought down in a field in Pennsylvania in a final act of heroism by passengers who
realized their flight had been hijacked.

At least 2,973 people lost their lives in the attacks. The somber anniversary is marked across the country with memorial services, moments of silence and community events.