LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — The city of Las Vegas will host multiple 9/11 remembrance tribute ceremonies on Friday, Sept. 11 and Saturday, Sept. 12. This is the 25th annual 9/11 memorial observance held by the city.
Tolling of the Bell
A longtime tradition in the fire service known as the “tolling of the bell” will be part of the remembrance that begins at 6:45 a.m., the approximate time of the South Tower collapse at the World Trade Center.
It will happen at Fire Station 5, located at 1020 Hinson St. A bell will toll in front of the station.
The tribute also will be transmitted over the Las Vegas Fire & Rescue’s communications channel and on the Las Vegas Fire and Rescue Facebook page in remembrance of all those who lost their lives that day.
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In addition to the ringing of the bell, a special United States flag that once flew over the World Trade Center will be hoisted to half-staff on the flagpole in front of Fire Station 5.
On display in front of the station is a piece of steel from the World Trade Center. The city of New York has requested that the special flag be flown over the piece of steel at half-staff Sept. 11 each year. It has been done every year since the city received the flag in 2004.
Visitors also can see the Callery pear tree at Fire Station 5, one of two seedling gifts from New York from the only surviving tree at the World Trade Center after the buildings collapsed.
The original tree still lives at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum site in New York, while the second tree was planted at Police Memorial Park and is thriving there.
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Police Memorial Park
The city of Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Ten-13 Club will also host a public memorial event at Police Memorial Park Friday, Sept. 11, at 10 a.m. at 3250 Metro Academy Way.
The public is invited to join in honoring the lives lost Sept. 11, 2001, in the World Trade Center tragedy, as well as the first responders, Saturday, Sept. 12, from 8 to 11 a.m. at Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs.
There will be a public ceremony with speakers from the police and fire departments, live performances by local youth and the planting of 500 U.S. flags.
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