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LAURA ARCHAZKI-PACTER / Staff
Members of several emergency service agencies took part in last year’s Sept. 11 Memorial Service at First Baptist Church of Naples.
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Sept. 11, 2008 will mark the seventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Flight 93 in Pennsylvania.
Counting firefighters, police, tower workers and passengers on the doomed airliners, the death toll from the attacks was more than 3,000 people.
To commemorate those lives lost and recognize Patriot’s Day, local high schools and emergency service agencies will host several services to honor those who died in the attacks and those who served their country.
• The first of several services will be held at 7:45 tonight at Barron Collier High School, as the band presents is 11th Annual Veterans Appreciation halftime show, “In Remembrance of 9/11,” in Cougar Stadium.
The band invites all military veterans, active-duty personnel and emergency service personnel as honored guests. Those in uniform or military wear will be provided VIP seating and invited to appear during the band’s performance.
Spectators will receive small American flags to wave with the patriotic music, which will include official service marches of the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force and Marines, as well as “God Bless America,” “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” and marches by John Philip Sousa. Veterans in the audience will be asked to stand when their particular service march is played.
The tribute will include “McClintock’s Own” bagpipes, drums and Highland Dancers and the BCHS band, playing the National Anthem.
Veterans are asked to arrive at Barron Collier stadium at 7:45 p.m. where band boosters will greet them at the South entrance.
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Barron Collier High School band member Brittany Hance poses with her grandfather World War II veteran William F. Zumbrun, retired Lt. Commander, US Navy, during a past tribute.
For more information call 254-0124.
• Golden Gate High School students, personnel and local emergency responders will hold a 9/11 commemorative service at 9 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 11, in the courtyard of the Golden Gate Government Center, next to the Community Center on Golden Gate Parkway.
Under the direction of GGHS Band Director Steve DeLadurantey, band members will play “taps,” in memory of those who lost their lives to the Sept. 11 attacks. The school’s JROTC color guard will present the Colors, under the direction of Sgt. George Harvey.
Members of the Golden Gate Fire & Rescue District, the Golden Gate Sheriff’s Substation, and Emergency Medical Service will attend and take part in the service.
A bell ceremony will be conducted by GGFD Battalion Cmdr. Matthew Zaleznik in memory of firefighters who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001. A memorial wreath will be presented in memory of all lives lost that day.
The public is invited to attend. Limited seating will be provided. Those in attendance are encouraged to bring lawn chairs.
DONN BROWN / Staff
GGHS band member Wes Buchan plays Taps during last year’s 9/11 Service at the Golden Gate Government Center.
For more information about the Golden Gate service, call the Collier Citizen at 213-6074.
• The North Naples Fire District, Collier County Fire Chief’s Association, Fire Service Steering Committee and Collier County emergency response agencies will hold a public memorial service at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 11, at First Baptist Church of Naples, 3000 Orange Blossom Drive and Livingston Road.
This year’s program will include a tribute to New York City Fire Chaplin Mychal Judge, who responded to the Twin Towers site and was killed, after administering last rites to a fallen firefighter.
A short video of Father Judge’s last mass on Sept. 10, 2001, will be shown.
The special speaker will be Brian Hastings, a New York City police detective, who spent seven months working at the site. Major Shawn Campbell, U.S. Air Force, will speak about the attacks on Sept. 11 and the ongoing War on Terrorism. Also speaking will be police officer Lorne Lyles, husband of United Airlines Flight attendant Cee Cee Lyles, who was aboard Flight 93, and Collier County Commissioner Fred Coyle, who will speak about the Freedom Memorial that will be built in Collier County.
For more information on the service, call Jerry Sanford at 597-3222.
• East Naples Fire will host a commemorative gathering beginning at 8:30 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 11, at Station 20, 4798 Davis Blvd.
Observances will be timed to coincide with the crash of the first plane into the Twin Towers at 8:46 a.m.
The public is invited and refreshments will be served.
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