As we approach the remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on our nation, memory itself is under siege.
Michael Paul Williams
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Flags fly over Mechanicsville High School behind a 9/11 memorial sign on Thursday.
Mike Kropf, TIMES-DISPATCH
On Sept. 11, 2001, a helicopter takes off from a makeshift landing area near the Pentagon. At right is a gap in the side of the building caused by the crash of hijacked American Airlines Flight 77.
BRUCE PARKER, TIMES-DISPATCH
Three hundred and forty three flags representing the 343 firemen who died ten years during the attack on the World Trade Towers were placed in front of Richmond Fire Dept. The flags were arranged to spell out FDNY 343.
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(L-R) Karl Leonard and daughters Conor Leonard and Alex Leonard bow their heads during the benediction at the 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance ceremony at the Carillon at Byrd Park. Karl Leonard was a first responder in NYC when the Twin Towers were attacked ten years ago today.
- ALEXA WELCH EDLUND&P. KEVIN MORLEY/TIMES-DISPATCH
Kathleen Romero teared up during the 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance ceremony at the Carillon as she remembered being in Washington, D.C. ten years ago. She drove past the Pentagon before the plane hit it and afterward she gave rides to people walking out of D.C. that day.
- ALEXA WELCH EDLUND&P. KEVIN MORLEY/TIMES-DISPATCH
PHOTO GALLERY: Richmond remembers 9/11
Three hundred and forty three flags representing the 343 firemen who died ten years during the attack on the World Trade Towers were placed in front of Richmond Fire Dept. The flags were arranged to spell out FDNY 343.
- ALEXA WELCH EDLUND&P. KEVIN MORLEY/TIMES-DISPATCH
Firefighters wore black bands on their badges as a sign of mourning for the New York City firefighters who lost thier lives on Sept. 11, 2001.
- ALEXA WELCH EDLUND&P. KEVIN MORLEY/TIMES-DISPATCH
Mayor Dwight Jones spoke during the 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance ceremony at the Carillon at Byrd Park ten years after the terrorist attacks on September 11th.
- ALEXA WELCH EDLUND&P. KEVIN MORLEY/TIMES-DISPATCH
Max Frayser, Hanover assistant district fire chief, Co. 10, salutes with others.
- ALEXA WELCH EDLUND&P. KEVIN MORLEY/TIMES-DISPATCH
Mayor Dwight Jones spoke during the 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance ceremony at the Carillon at Byrd Park ten years after the terrorist attacks on September 11th.
- ALEXA WELCH EDLUND&P. KEVIN MORLEY/TIMES-DISPATCH
Susan Haydel and her granddaughter, Britney Blowers, 10, read the names of victims of the Flight 93 crash at Hanover Fire Co. 10.
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Guests photograph a Sept. 11 memorial which was dedicated at the Hanover Fire Co. 10 Sunday afternoon. The memorial includes a piece of the World Trade Center (left, front) from Tower
- ALEXA WELCH EDLUND&P. KEVIN MORLEY/TIMES-DISPATCH
(L-R) Karl Leonard and daughters Conor Leonard and Alex Leonard bow their heads during the benediction at the 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance ceremony at the Carillon at Byrd Park. Karl Leonard was a first responder in NYC when the Twin Towers were attacked ten years ago today.
- ALEXA WELCH EDLUND&P. KEVIN MORLEY/TIMES-DISPATCH
Toulaphone Chittavoravong of Northern Va. helps wash a fire truck at Richmond Fire Dept. 17 as part of 9/11 Remembrance and Service Week.
- ALEXA WELCH EDLUND&P. KEVIN MORLEY/TIMES-DISPATCH
A guest photographs the Sept. 11 memorial at Hanover Fire Co. 10.
- ALEXA WELCH EDLUND&P. KEVIN MORLEY/TIMES-DISPATCH
Kathleen Romero teared up during the 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance ceremony at the Carillon as she remembered being in Washington, D.C. ten years ago. She drove past the Pentagon before the plane hit it and afterward she gave rides to people walking out of D.C. that day.
- ALEXA WELCH EDLUND&P. KEVIN MORLEY/TIMES-DISPATCH
A piece of a beam from Tower 1 of the World Trade Center is part of the Sept. 11 Memorial at the Hanover Fire Co. 10.
- ALEXA WELCH EDLUND&P. KEVIN MORLEY/TIMES-DISPATCH
