Salem 9-11 Remembrance Ceremony At Firehouse Memorial

SALEM, MA — The Salem Fire Department will host a ceremony remembering the victims and those who responded to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the 23rd anniversary of those attacks Wednesday morning.

The brief ceremony will be held at 9:55 a.m. and last about 10 minutes. It will take place at the Salem Fire Headquarters in front of the 9-11 memorial.

All are welcome 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.

(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.)