Dozens gathered at the Glen Lake Fire Department to honor the 25th anniversary of 9/11 Friday.
Chief Bryan Ferguson led the procession along with various other speakers, and traditional bagpipes played several songs, along with moments of silence.
Unlike larger events that host a single, specific national keynote speaker, this ceremony is designed around rotating, local voices — including regional pastors, community leaders, and local musicians — coming together to share reflections.
According to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes on September 11, 2001, deliberately crashing two of the planes into the upper floors of the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center complex and a third plane into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The Twin Towers ultimately collapsed because of the damage sustained from the impacts and the resulting fires. After learning about the other attacks, passengers on the fourth hijacked plane, Flight 93, fought back, and the plane was crashed into an empty field in western Pennsylvania about 20 minutes by air from Washington, D.C.
The attacks killed 2,977 people from 90 nations: 2,753 people were killed in New York; 184 people were killed at the Pentagon; and 40 people were killed on Flight 93.
