LOCAL RESIDENTS MOURN AND LOOK TOWARD TOMORROW.Byline: Candice Choi Staff Writer Three years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the victims and fallen heroes of that day were saluted Saturday in a series of quiet tributes commemorating the tragedy. Though smaller in scale, the tone and tenor of many of the tributes were wrought with the same roiling emotions that marked the first anniversary of the attacks. ``I looked at the community events taking place across the country and I'm struck by the commitment to never forget,'' Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Fire Chief William R. Bamattre said at an interfaith ceremony attended by about 100 people at the Frank Hotchin Memorial Training Center in Elysian Park Elysian Park can mean:
Bamattre said the recent on-duty death of firefighter Jaime Foster symbolized the sense of self-sacrifice that drove the more than 340 firefighters to rush into the burning World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001. A memorial resembling the Twin Towers and bearing the names of the Sept. 11 victims was donated to the Fire Department at the ceremony. ``The images of that day are forever etched in our minds,'' Mayor James Hahn said as he stood in front of a giant American flag mounted between the ladders of two firetrucks at the Elysian Park ceremony. The city's tributes began in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or with a sunrise vigil at 5:15 a.m., and ended with a candlelight vigil at 9 p.m. at the Museum of Tolerance The Museum of Tolerance is a multimedia museum in Los Angeles, California, with an associated museum in New York City, designed to examine racism and prejudice in the United States and the world with a strong focus on the history of the Holocaust. . At 5:45 a.m. PDT PDT abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico PDT - the moment the first plane hit the World Trade Center - sirens on public safety vehicles blared for three minutes, 60 seconds for each of the three crash sites. The determination to never forget was clear throughout the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , where communities marked the day with their own quiet gatherings and symbolic gestures. At Pierce College in Woodland Hills, a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Fire Department flag was raised before the school's first football game. In Sunland, about 40 people turned out to honor the victims of Sept. 11 during a ceremony to rededicate Verb 1. rededicate - dedicate anew; "They were asked to rededicate themselves to their country" dedicate, devote, commit, consecrate, give - give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a a veterans' memorial in Sunland Park to Dave Ryan, a local American Legion American Legion, national association of male and female war veterans, founded (1919) in Paris. Membership is open to veterans of World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. member who recently passed away. ``The shock has worn off, but the gravity is still here,'' said Pat O'Brien, commander of the American Legion Post 377. The small gathering was in stark contrast to the 700 firefighters, police officers and community members who turned out in the same park on the first anniversary of the attacks. State Sen. Richard Alarcon, D-Van Nuys, told the intimate gathering that the refurbished memorial would serve as a reminder of the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. ``They perished because they were one of us,'' Alarcon said. ``They perished just because they were Americans.'' In Pacoima, county Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky joined residents and other public officials in the third annual Hands Across Our Community event, paying tribute to public safety personnel, as well as the victims of 9-11. Just miles away in North Hollywood, Redeemed from Alcohol & Drugs, an arm of Living for Christ Ministries, paid tribute with a music-filled program. R.A.D. member George Santoyo played a Led Zeppelin-inspired riff on his acoustic guitar and Randy Barach & the Lennon Scott Band performed a string of numbers. Candice Choi, (818) 713-3712 candice.choi(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 5 photos Photo: (1) Don Genova of Glendale, who was born and raised in New York, touches a section of the south tower of the World Trade Center after the LAFD LAFD Los Angeles Fire Department LAFD Los Alamos Fire Department LAFD London Association of Funeral Directors (UK) memorial. (2 -- 3) Debbie Emlein of Sylmar, above, reacts at the Los Angeles Fire Department's 9-11 memorial service Saturday. Below, Kathy Bee sings during a Burbank remembrance ceremony. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News (4) Mayor James Hahn speaks during the 9-11 ceremony at the Los Angeles Fire Department's Frank Hotchin Memorial Training Center in Elysian Park. About 100 people attended the remembrance. (5) Black bands of mourning were worn across badges at the LAFD service. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer |
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