Sept. 11 Victims to Be Remembered at Two Ceremonies Thursday

There will be two ceremonies Thursday at the Garden of Reflection to honor the victims who died in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

The Garden of Reflection is the official Pennsylvania Sept. 11 memorial.

An Honor and Remembrance Ceremony will be held from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. The morning ceremony will mark the chronological events with a tolling of bells. There will be music, poems and comments from various guests. A flower will be placed to recognize the 18 Bucks County residents who died in the Sept. 11 attacks.

On Thursday evening, there will be the annual Remembrance in Light candlelight ceremony from 7 to 8 p.m. The evening ceremony will honor all victims of the attacks.

The keynote speaker will be Arnie Roma, a retired NYPD Officer and now a local volunteer firefighter. Roma was trapped in the collapse of the South Tower and survived.

Keith Roma, son of Arnie and Rosemary Roma, died while conducting rescue operations in the North Tower with the New York Fire Patrol.

The Garden of Reflection is located at 1950 Woodside Road, Yardley.