Chelmsford To Mark 19th Anniversary Of 9/11

CHELMSFORD, MA — The Chelmsford police and fire departments will gather just after 8:30 a.m. Friday to mark the nineteenth anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, outside the fire station.

"The brief ceremony will allow for reflection of the time the World Trade Center towers were hit; 8:46 am and 9:03 am," according to Chelmsford police department officials.

Each year as police and fire departments across the country remember the thousands who died as a result of terrorist attacks, the commonwealth remembers the 206 connected to Massachusetts who lost their lives as a result, too. In Chelmsford, officials pause to remember those connected to the town.

Andrew Curry Green, 34, was on board American Airlines Flight 11, on his way to Los Angeles, where he had just moved six months earlier to take a position as director of business development for eLogic, according to the Associated Press. He had been in Boston for meetings. On Sept. 10, the night before his flight he drove over to his mother's house in Chelmsford to chat, according to his obituary. He was survived by his mother and wife.

David W. Bernard, 57, was an industry specialist for the Internal Revenue Service based in Boston. On Sept. 11, he was on his way to a meeting at the IRS offices at 7 World Trade Center when the first plane hit the towers. He was hit by falling debris and died because of related injuries on Dec. 11. He was survived by his wife Nancy, of Chelmsford and his children David of Boston, and Mark and his wife Johanna of Brookline and his daughter Jill Ludmar and her husband Daniel of Brighton.

The Chelmsford 9/11 Memorial at 50 Billerica Rd funded by donations was dedicated in their memory in 2014 and to all others who lost their lives on that day.

Sept. 11 has become one of the largest national days of service in America. But this year a group is asking that people support a "9/11 Day At Home," spending the day doing good deeds "virtually."

The online group is suggesting people pick a good deed - from supporting a charity, to donating items to others or food to a pantry.