On Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, members of the Wilton community gathered to remember those who were lost during the terrorist attacks in 2001. The keynote speaker was Deputy Police Chief Robert Crosby. (T.B. Nash photo)
The community is invited to pay tribute to the Wilton residents and all emergency responders killed in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, next Thursday at Wilton Fire Headquarters, 236 Danbury Road.
Presented by Wilton Firefighters Local 2233 and the Wilton Fire Department, the annual remembrance ceremony on Sept. 11 will include Wilton firefighters, police officers, EMS responders, family members and friends of those lost on that day.
The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m., by the 9/11 Memorial Monument in front of fire headquarters, created as a tribute to the five Wilton residents as well as all citizens and emergency workers who lost their lives that day.
“We gather each Sept. 11th to pay our respects to those civilians who were killed, as well as to honor the firefighters, police officers and heroic Americans we lost in New York City, Shanksville, Penn. and at the Pentagon,” said Firefighter David Chaloux, president of Wilton Firefighters Local 2233. “We must never forget the thousands of innocent men and women who went to work that day and never returned home.”
Members from all of Wilton’s emergency services will participate in the ceremony which will feature tributes to those lost, prayers from local clergy, and music performed by members of the Wilton Police and Fire Departments.
The ceremony is expected to conclude by 11 and will be followed by refreshments and reflections at fire headquarters.
Information: David Chaloux at 203-834-6248 or David.Chaloux@WiltonCT.org.