Southington To Remember Events Of Sept. 11, 2001

SOUTHINGTON, CT — While more than a generation has passed since one of the darkest days in American history, the Southington community hasn't forgotten

Sept. 11, 2001.

On Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 8:46 a.m., the town will host its annual 9/11 Memorial in the Plantsville section of town on the corner of Summer and Main streets.

The service will reflect on what happened that terrible day when terrorist-hijacked planes destroyed the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York, struck the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and crashed in a field in Pennsylvania en route to D.C.

In all, about 3,000 people were killed in the shocking attacks, forever changing the level of safety many Americans felt at the time.

Much of the dead, especially in New York, were police and firefighters rushing to save those trapped.

The timing of Southington's event coincides with the time the first plane hit the World Trade Center.

In Southington on the 23rd anniversary of the attacks, members of the local police and fire departments will be joined by local officials, civic groups, and residents.

They will "remember and honor those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania."

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