Richmond hosts 9/11 memorial Friday
9/9/2016, 5:48 p.m.
Richmond will host a memorial program and a day of service Friday, Sept. 9, to mark the 15th anniversary of the terrorists attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, better known as 9/11, it has been announced.
Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones will lead the commemoration 8:30 a.m. at Marshall Plaza, 900 E. Marshall St., with the ringing of bells and a moment of silence.
The program will include remarks from the mayor and Brian Moran, state secretary of public safety and homeland security. Richmonder Evan McKeel, a former contestant on “The Voice,” will sing.
Tours will be available of the city’s Mobile Command Post as well as information on fire safety and emergency preparedness and CPR training.
After the program, people will be able to climb the stairs inside Richmond City Hall to honor the first responders who sacrificed their lives to save others on 9/11.
Richmond residents also are encouraged to take part in service projects to be held throughout the city from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., organizers said.
Nearly 3,000 people were killed, and more than 6,000 injured on 9/11 when terrorists flew two passenger jets into the World Trade Center towers in New York and a third into the Pentagon outside Washington. A fourth jet hijacked by terrorists crashed into a Pennsylvania field, also killing all on board.
Information about the service projects is available at www.richmondgov.com/NeighborToNeighbor/911DayOfService.aspx.
