Midlands First-Responders to be Remembered at September 11 Memorial

A memoriam for the first responders from the Midlands who have died in service over the past year will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Columbia.

The event will be held at the First Responders Remembrance Memorial, dedciated last year in honor those who died on September 11, 2001.

The memorial is in front of the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center on Lincoln Street.

Members of local police, fire, EMS, and military will be present for the ceremony.

The ceremony will be about 40 minutes long, featuring Brig. General Bryan Roberts, Commanding General of Fort Jackson, and Maj. General Robert Livingston, Adjutant General of the South Carolina National Guard, along with members of the Midlands EMS community. A U.S. Coast Guard flyover is also planned.

Fourteen businesses, a number of local EMS departments (including the Irmo Fire Foundation, Columbia and Lexington Fire departments, Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, the Columbia Police Department), along with the City of Columbia, and Richland and Lexington counties, partnered to create the First Responders Remembrance Memorial.

More information about the memorial, including videos of the 9/11/11 ceremony can be found the Memorial’s website.