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Las Cruces firefighters will recognize the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the U.S. with the raising of a Garrison Flag and a commemorative bell ringing ceremony.

Beginning at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, firefighters will hold silent watch at Fire Station 1, 201 E. Picacho Ave. Starting at 8:46 a.m., firefighters will ring bells in commemoration of the first attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11.

The bell ringing ceremony will commemorate each significant event from that day:

  • 8:46 a.m., American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into North Tower.
  • 9:03 a.m., United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into South Tower.
  • 9:37 a.m., American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into Pentagon.
  • 9:59 a.m., collapse of South Tower.
  • 10:03 a.m., United Flight 93 crashes near Shanksville, Pa.
  • 10:28 a.m., collapse of North Tower.

Members of the public are welcome to join in the commemoration at Fire Station 1 or from across Picacho Avenue at Albert Johnson Park.

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