Tuesday, September 11, 2012
An observance will take place at Police and Fire Headquarters in Tucker.
A brief ceremony will take place today, Tuesday, September 11 in Tucker to honor the victims of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington D.C. eleven years ago. Nearly 3,000 people, including 343 firefighters and 60 law enforcement officers, lost their lives that day in 2001. Tuesday's event will be conducted at DeKalb Fire, Rescue and Police Headquarters, 1950-1960 West Exchange Place in Tucker, starting at 8:46 a.m., the exact time the first plane struck the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. A wreath, donated by the DeKalb Federation of Garden Clubs and Keep DeKalb Beautiful, will be placed by the Honor Guard at the DeKalb 9/11 Memorial during this ceremony, and a moment of silence will be observed. The 9/11 Memorial was …
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Pictures of participants and spectators at the ceremony.
Pictures from the Dekalb County 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at the Public Safety Headquarters on Sunday.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Remembrance Ceremony was held in front of the county's Public Safety Headquarters building this morning. It represented the culmination of months of hard work to create a 9/11 Memorial.
A single firefighter and his idea came to fruition this morning. DeKalb County officials unveiled a 9/11 Memorial in front of the county’s Public Safety Headquarters at 1960 West Exchange Place in Tucker on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. That DeKalb firefighter, Doug Harms, spent the better part of this year relentlessly spearheading the memorial effort. He couldn’t have done it alone. Ex-Marine and professional sculptor C.J. Miller provided a sculpture of a steel phoenix behind a large steel piece from one of the fallen World Trade Center towers. Numerous businesses helped with fundraising and materials donations and sweat equity was provided by many people associated with DeKalb. The headquarters’ visitor parking lot filled …
Patch has collected hundreds of stories about how the attacks of September 11, 2001, have affected people's lives. Explore this gallery to see how many ways people have responded to tragedy with hope and resilience.
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
Millions of people across the country were affected by the 9/11 attacks. Some experienced the tragic loss of a loved one, some found an inspiring way to help those who were grieving, and others experienced a political awakening. To help reflect the endless diversity of their experiences, Patch looked out across our sites to pull together 911 snapshots of everyday Americans whose lives were changed by the events of that day. From across the country, this Patch site and hundreds of others captured the faces, keepsakes, memorials, ceremonies, flags, fund-raisers, deployments and the still-raw emotions that followed the attacks. Taken together they create a powerful mosaic that is large in scope but often deeply personal. Click through to see…
Friday, September 9, 2011
As the 10-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on 9/11 approaches, Tucker Patch would like to hear from you.
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Friday, September 9, 2011
This Sunday marks the 10-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon, with another Washington-bound jet crashing into a field near Shanksville, Pa. Where were you on Sept. 11? Did you have family or friends who were affected? Do you know of anyone who was deployed to fight in Iraq or Afghanistan? If your life was in some way changed by the events of 9/11, we're asking for photos or personal accounts to share with our readers and neighbors. Please send your photo and your story to kevin.madigan@patch.com
DeKalb Public Safety will hold a ceremony on Sunday in Tucker to unveil a memorial sculpture.
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Friday, September 9, 2011
DeKalb County Chief Executive Officer Burrell Ellis, the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners and the DeKalb County Police and Fire Rescue departments will conduct a memorial on the 10-year anniversary of the 9-11 attacks on Sunday, Sept. 11 at 8 a.m. at the DeKalb Public Safety Headquarters, 1950 West Exchange Place in Tucker. Earlier this summer, a group of DeKalb County firefighters secured a piece of the World Trade Center and drove to New York on their time off to retrieve it. Since then, volunteer artists have been working diligently to incorporate the piece into a larger memorial sculpture dedicated to those who lost their lives in the 9-11 attacks. The memorial will be housed outside the Public Safety Headquarters. The artifact …
Thursday, September 8, 2011
The ceremony will take place Sunday, Sept. 11 at 8 a.m. at the DeKalb Public Safety Headquarters, 1950 West Exchange Place in Tucker.
A young C.J. Miller was assigned to the Marine Corps’ fire academy, training to be a crash rescue specialist, when the events of September 11, 2001, unfolded. Miller had enlisted in January of that year. “My last ten years have been dictated by the results of that day,” he said. “My first inclination was to be mentally prepared,” added Miller. “We’re going to war.” He became a sergeant and served his first tour of duty in 2004 in Iraq. In school four years later, Miller was called back there as part of Gen. David Petraeus’s Iraq surge. Miller’s 9/11 odyssey continued after he left the Marines. Armed with a bachelor of fine arts degree from Savannah College of Art and Design, artist and sculptor Miller is now completing a 9/11-themed …
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Timothy Darnell
1:24 pm on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
My wife and I were in Alaska when 9/11 happened. After the initial shock wore off, my first thought was much this attack would change the way we traveled, and went about our business and our lives. My second thought was, how long would it take before we began forgetting the magnitude of such an incident. It didn't take very long. more ›