Victims of the terrorists’ attacks, emergency responders killed saving lives and the military who defended America will be memorialized during the 9-11 Remembrance Ceremony Thursday at the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office.
The ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. at the Sheriff’s 9-11 Memorial located at 940 New Salem Highway in Murfreesboro.
Residents are invited to attend the solemn ceremony.
Deputy Commissioner Gregory A. Mays of Homeland Security for the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security will be the keynote speaker.
Other events will be:
• Ringing of the bell to remember the victims by Smyrna Fire Department.
• Raising the POW/MIA flag by Rolling Thunder.
• Firing a 21-gun salute by law enforcement Honor Guards.
• Performing “Echo Taps” by MTSU School of Music trumpeters.
The centerpiece of the memorial is a 3,000-pound I-beam from the North Tower of the World Trade Center pointed directly at New York City. The three posts supporting the beam represent the New York City firefighters, police officers and paramedics who lost their lives rescuing victims.
Four planter urns represent the four hijacked planes who crashed into the North Tower, the South Tower, the Pentagon and a field in Shanksville, Pa., after passengers diverted the jet away from Washington, D.C.
People who cannot attend the ceremony may watch it live on the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/RCSOTN.
Rutherford County government’s RCTV will also feature the ceremony periodically on their Comcast Cable Channel 19, AT&T’s U-verse Channel 99 and on DTC Channel 194 in portions of Rutherford County.
Smyrna Fire Department firefighters, EMS paramedics, Smyrna, La Vergne and Eagleville Police officers and Sheriff’s deputies rehearse Wednesday for the annual 9-11 Remembrance Ceremony at the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office’s 9-11 Memorial. The ceremony is set at 9 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 11 at the memorial at 940 New Salem Highway in Murfreesboro.
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