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Ceremony Marks 9-11 Anniversary
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Escalon Fire Chief Rick Mello welcomes the crowd to the annual 9-11 memorial ceremony hosted by the fire department. - photo by Marg Jackson/The Times
It’s a day those who lived through won’t forget – Sept. 11, 2001. Terrorists took over planes and crashed two into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, one flew in to the Pentagon and another, destination uncertain, went down in a field in Pennsylvania when passengers fought back against the terrorists and forced the plane down short of its intended target. A few dozen people gathered outside the Escalon Firehouse on Coley Avenue to remember the tragic events of that day, in a ceremony hosted at 9:11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 11.