East Northport Fire Department Hosts 9/11 Memorial Service & Candle Vigil 8PM Today

East Northport Fire Department Hosts 9/11 Memorial Service

The East Northport Fire Department will be hosting their 14th annual 9/11 Memorial Service on Friday, September 11, 2015, at Fire Headquarters located on Larkfield Road and Ninth Avenue.  The East Northport Fire Department has vowed to “Never Forget” that tragic day, and invites the community to join with them to remember those innocent lives that were taken at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Flight 93 in Pennsylvania.

The morning ceremony will begin at 9:45 a.m., and an evening candlelight vigil will start at 8:00 p.m.  Both ceremonies will take place on the Ninth Avenue side of the Firehouse, and will be located at the 9/11 Memorial Monument set around an eight-foot, 8,000 pound Steel Beam from Ground Zero that the department received from the Port Authority.

During the ceremony, firefighters will read the victim’s names and the sirens will be sounded at the times of the collapse of the Twin Towers. The Northport High School Tights will be singing the National Anthem and America the Beautiful, with Amazing Grace played by the Northport Pipe & Drum Band.  There will be a 21-Gun Salute from the Marine Corps League and the release of Memorial Doves.  A Memorial Banner will be displayed on a fire engine that lists all of the victim’s names. Suffolk County Police Department helicopter will be doing a flyover during the ceremony.

Story and Photo’s by Steve Silverman

(C)STEVE SILVERMAN

(C)STEVE SILVERMAN