Communities across the Delaware Valley gather to remember 9/11 21 years later

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Communities throughout the Delaware Valley gathered Sunday to recollect 9/11 and pay tribute to those that misplaced their lives.

In Philadelphia, first responders marched from the Fireman’s Corridor Museum in Outdated Metropolis to the Betsy Ross home, the place metropolis leaders held a ceremony to honor first responders.

“This mild is opposite to the darkness that dangerous folks carry and can at all times prevail over them. These folks for me are the true heroes whether or not troopers, firefighters, or extraordinary residents,” mentioned Philadelphia Hearth Commissioner Adam Thiel, who participated in response and restoration efforts on 9/11.

The town holds its 9/11 ceremony on the Betsy Ross home yearly due to the neighborhood response to the house 21 years in the past. Organizers say it grew to become a spot of consolation for the neighborhood to come back purchase flags and honor the story of American freedom.

“There’s a detailed knit camaraderie or brotherhood or sisterhood you may name amongst varied folks in these professions due to the inherit hazard of the career,” mentioned Patricia Coyne, the secretary of Philadelphia Flag Day Affiliation.

In Pennsauken in a single day, the neighborhood lined the township’s 9/11 memorial in American flags in honor of the victims who misplaced their lives.

The flag tribute will probably be there for twenty-four hours however the memorial has been there since 2003 for the heroes and first responders of 9/11. It additionally contains a steal beam from the World Commerce Middle north tower.