Mayor Eric Enriquez City of Las Cruces | City of Las Cruces
Las Cruces firefighters will recognize the 23rd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attack on the United States with the raising of a Garrison Flag and a commemorative bell ringing ceremony.
Beginning at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 11, firefighters will hold silent watch at Fire Station 1, located at 201 E. Picacho Ave. Starting at 8:46 a.m., firefighters will ring bells in commemoration of the first attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11.
The bell ringing ceremony will commemorate each significant event from that day:
- At 8:46 a.m., American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower.
- At 9:03 a.m., United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the South Tower.
- At 9:37 a.m., American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon.
- At 9:59 a.m., collapse of the South Tower.
- At 10:03 a.m., United Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
- At 10:28 a.m., collapse of the North Tower.
Members of the public are welcome to join in the commemoration at Fire Station 1 or from across Picacho Avenue at Albert Johnson Park.
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