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9/11 Patriot Day Prayer Service Planned Sunday At King-Lockhart Park
The CFD and CPD chaplains will lead a prayer service Sunday, in memory of those who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
CHICAGO — The 19th Ward is planning a remembrance ceremony in memory of those who perished in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
The Patriot Day Prayer Service will take place at 11 a.m. Sunday, in King-Lockhart Park, 10609 S. Western Ave.
Celebrants include Chicago Fire Department Chaplain William McFarlane, and Chicago Police Department Chaplain Kimberly Lewis-Davis. Ald. O’Shea (19th) is hosting the event.
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King Lockhart Park is the site of the 9/11 First Responders Monument, which features a steel beam donated in memory and honor of CFD Captain Herbie Johnson, who worked in New York in the aftermath of 9/11. Johnson died in November 2012 fighting a house fire in Englewood.
The park honors two Chicago firefighters who lost their lives battling a fire at a Beverly tire shop that formerly occupied the site in 1998. Nearby is a memorial in the shape of a CFD shield, honoring Patrick J. King, the product of a Southwest Side firefighting family, and Anthony Lockhart, a Chicago’s Dunbar High School graduate, who realized his lifelong dream of becoming a firefighter after 14 years of working for the U.S. Postal Service.
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A collection will be taken for CPD Officer Dan Golden.
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