Cobb Public Safety Officers Commemorate 10th Anniversary of 9/11
A piece of steel from the South Tower was unveiled at the service and will be on display in the Cobb Safety Village.
Flags were flown at half-staff on Friday, as they will for the rest of the weekend. However, the flag hanging from a ladder of a fire truck flew high above the county’s Safety Village during a 9/11 memorial held there. Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that shook the nation to its core. "We will always remember." "We must never forget." Those were the sentiments expressed and reiterated during the event, which was attended by a couple hundred police officers, firefighters, other public safety personnel, Cobb County officials and some county community members. Cobb Fire Chief Sam Heaton, who led the memorial service, unveiled a piece of steel from the South Tower. The steel, which had been donated from the New York City …
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Ivory Dorsey, Speaker, Facilitator, and Author
7:39 am on Sunday, September 11, 2011
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