Oceanside Fire and Police To Host 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony

OCEANSIDE, CA — On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Oceanside remembers and honors those that were lost.

Americans felt a collective trauma as first one and then another plane flew into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. As the truth dawned on people watching from their TVs that America was under attack, another plane took aim at the Pentagon. A fourth was brought down in a field in Pennsylvania in a final act of heroism by passengers who realized their flight had been hijacked.

Nearly 3,000 Americans were killed in the suicide attacks carried out by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaida. All 9/11 victims will be remembered at memorial services planned across the nation on Sept. 11 to mark the 20th anniversary of the attacks.

The Oceanside Fire and Police Departments will host a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony on Saturday from 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM on The Strand.

There will be a ceremonial "last mile" walk that morning. Staging will be at 8:30 a.m. at the Civic Center flagpole at City Hall. At about 8:45, we will walk to The Strand at Surfrider to join others, then on to the Junior Seau Pier Amphitheater.

At approximately 9:03 a.m. (the time Tower 2 was hit) the remembrance activities will begin. This will include a flag salute, the singing of the National Anthem, the playing of “Taps,” the nation’s song of remembrance, and more. Police Chief Armijo will serve as emcee.

The 4th Annual U.S. Open Adaptive Surfing Championships will be happening this weekend and the 9/11 event will be sharing the Junior Seau Amphitheater space that morning. The organizers have offered to pause their activities to share in this event.

9/11 Services Nearby

We the people 9/11 American Flag unfolding
Join us Sept 11 - Noon, at the Oceanside Pier for our 2nd annual Free "We the people American flag unfolding", in support of our Veterans / YMCA. Event by American Motörhead Marketing & Design. We'll have a moment of silence, prayer and we will display our huge 30x60 American Flag. Follow us @AmericanMotorhead for afterparty and giveaway details. Make a difference in who we are and be part of this amazing historic American bookmark. Arrive early to get your place at the flag.

20th Anniversary Memorial of September 11, 2001
On this twentieth anniversary of the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, the FDNY Retirees of San Diego, along with the USS Midway Museum, National City FD and The Wounded Warrior Project will pay tribute and honor our fallen heroes and keep our promise to “NEVER FORGET”.
WHEN: Saturday, September 11, 2021 at 2:30 pm
WHERE: Flight deck, USS Midway Museum, Navy Pier, 910 North Harbor Drive.
Presentation of Colors by

• Honor Guards • Pipes and Drums • National Anthem
• Reading of First Responder Names • Tolling of the Bells SDFD
• Emergency Helicopter Flyover • United States Navy Band
• Twenty-one Gun Salute • Taps •
• Harbor Police Fireboat Water Display

9/11 Services In New York at Ground Zero

At the 9/11 memorial in Lower Manhattan, New York — an area known for years after the attacks as “Ground Zero” — the names of the fallen will be read aloud.

“Throughout the ceremony, we will observe six moments of silence, acknowledging when each of the World Trade Center towers was struck and fell and the times corresponding to the attack on the Pentagon and the crash of Flight 93,” the 9/11 Memorial & Museum wrote on its website.

The annual “Tribute of Light,” which are lights pointed to the sky in the shape of the Twin Towers, will go on that night.

More than 2,700 people died at the World Trade Center alone on 9/11, including the passengers of American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175. Another 184 were killed when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into The Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and 44 died on United Airlines Flight 93 near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

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