Chesterfield Police, Leaders to Cite 9/11 Sunday With Pause in Work, Sirens

Chesterfield will commemorate Sunday the tragedies of 9/11 as the result of terrorist attacks on the U.S. in 2001, with a noon moment of remembrance—and the sounding of police sirens, fire sirens, church bells and more.

City leaders will gather for a flag-lowering outside City Hall at noon, Sunday. Residents are urged to attend.

The actions are part of a nationwide Moment of Remembrance  resolution passed unanimously by the U.S. Senate recently, urging Americans to Stop and Remember a decade after. 

For one minute at noon CDT, police, fire, trains, houses of worship, city governments, and others throughout the country will sound sirens and bells, according to the resolution.

Each U.S. time zone would pause at the same time Sunday; 1 p.m. EDT, noon CDT, 11 a.m. MDT, and 10 a.m. PDT.

On Sept. 11, 2001, al-Qaeda operatives crashed two commercial hijacked jets into the World Trade Center towers in lower Manhattan, crashed a jet into the Pentagon, and hijacked a fourth jet that crashed into a Pennsylvania field when alerted passengers tried to overcome the terrorists.

Thousands died in the attacks, the towers burned and collapsed. The U.S. subsequently went to war in Iraq and Afghanistan. As recently as last month, some two dozen Navy SEALS lost their lives in the aftermath of 9/11.

In Chesterfield, Mayor Bruce Geiger and the city council members will lead residents who gather at city hall in the Pledge of Allegiance, singing America, the Beautiful and the National Anthem.

Geiger is expected to conclude with comments.