Events throughout Shelby County honor fallen heroes of 9/11
Wolf River Pipes and Drums lead a rememberance parade in Downtown Memphis on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Memphis Fire Department employee pledge allegiance to the flag during a 9/11 rememberance service in Downtown Memphis, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Fire Chief Gina Sweat speaks during 9/11 rememberance service in Downtown Memphis on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021 (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Memphis firefighters and police officers honor the lives lost during the events 9/11, during a ceremony Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021 in Downtown Memphis. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
“All of us here have been personally affected in some way, by the day of terrible loss 20 years ago,” said Doug McGowan, chief operating officer for the City of Memphis, said during a remembrance ceremony on Sept. 11, 2021 in Downtown Memphis. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Memphis firefighters and police officers honor the lives lost during 9/11, during a ceremony Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021 at the Fire Museum of Memphis in Downtown Memphis. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Congressman David Kustoff speaks during 9/11 rememberance service in Downtown Memphis on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Bartlett Fire Chief Terry Wiggins (left), Bartlett Mayor Keith McDonald and Bartlett Chief of Police Jeff Cox lay a wreath during Bartlett’s 9-11 Memorial Service at Bartlett’s First Responders Monument. (Brad Vest/Special to Daily Memphian)
People stand for the Pledge of Allegiance during Bartlett’s 9-11 Memorial Service at Bartlett’s First Responders Monument. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
People watch as Bartlett’s 9/11 Memorial Service comes to an end at Bartlett’s First Responders Monument. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
First responders stand for the Pledge of Allegiance during Bartlett’s 9/11 Memorial Service at Bartlett’s First Responders Monument. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Lt. Keith Totty hands food donated from Amerigo Italian Restaurant to Lt. Jason Boswell and Private Jonathan Hay of Engine 1 at Fire Station 2 on South Main Street. (Julia Baker/Daily Memphian)
Ceremonies in Bartlett and at the Fire Museum of Memphis were among the events across Shelby County marking the 20th anniversary of 9/11.
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A lifelong Memphian, Julia Baker graduated from the University of Memphis in 2021. Other publications and organizations she has written for include Chalkbeat, Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent magazine and Memphis magazine.
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