Day of Remembrance: North Carolina observes Sept. 11 anniversary
On the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the United States, ceremonies were held across the country remembering the nearly 3,000 people who were killed in attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Flight 93, the hijacked airplane brought down by passengers in a Pennsylvania field.
In North Carolina, the National Guard held its annual ceremony outside the National Guard Joint Force Headquarters in Raleigh. Gov. Roy Cooper, North Carolina Department of Military & Veterans Affairs Secretary Larry D. Hall, Department of Public Safety Secretary Erik Hooks and Emergency Management Director Mike Sprayberry joined Guardsmen for the ceremony outside the building.
Maj. Gen. Todd Hunt urged people to never forget the day.
“As we look back let us remember, let us remember, how we rebuilt and we showed the world what Americans are and what Americans are capable of and how resilient we are as Americans,” Hunt said.
Cooper called on us to remember the people who went to work and never came home that day, the first responders and the military.
“Let us remember how unified our country was. We all came together, neighbors helping neighbors,” Cooper said.
Cooper ordered all U.S. and state flags at government buildings to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Sept. 11, in observation of Patriot Day.
Video of the event can be viewed at facebook.com/NCNationalGuard/
This story was originally published September 11, 2020 at 2:57 PM.
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