Danvers 9-11 Remembrance Ceremony Set For Wednesday

DANVERS, MA — Danvers residents are invited to be part of a ceremony on Wednesday honoring the victims and first responders of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America.

The ceremony will take place at the Danvers Fire Headquarters at 64 High Street at 10 a.m.

There will be coffee and light refreshments available starting at 9 a.m.

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.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)