9/11 Patriots Day Services Held Around New Hampshire

NEW HAMPSHIRE — Sometimes called Patriots Day, Sept. 11 has become a national day of remembrance honoring the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

In New Hampshire, remembrance services are being held in a few communities around the state to honor the 10 people from the state who died during the attacks.

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.

At least 2,973 people lost their lives in the attacks. The somber anniversary is marked across the country with memorial services, moments of silence and community events.

On the 23rd anniversary of the attacks, our state remembers and mourns Douglas Stone of Dover, David Kovalcin of Hudson, Carol Flyzik of Plaistow, Thomas McGinness Jr. of Portsmouth, and Thelma Cuccinello of Wilmot, who lost their lives in American Airlines Flight 11 as well as Carl Hammond Jr. and Louis Mariani of Derry, Mary and Robert Shearer of Dover, and Robert LeBlance of Lee, who were all killed on United Airlines Flight 175.

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Memorial services include:

Salem Sept. 11 Memorial Ceremony, 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at the Salem Town Common, 308 Main St. in Salem.

New Boston 911 Remembrance Ceremony, 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at the Central Station in New Boston.

Annual Hudson 9/11 Ceremony, 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11, in Benson Park in Hudson.

Sept. 11 Memorial Walk, 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 18 Main St. in Jackson.

2024 New Hampshire 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb, 7 a.m. on Sept. 15, in Manchester. Registration information linked here.

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