VIDEO: Portland Fire & Rescue marked 24 years since the Sept. 11 attacks with a powerful tribute in the heart of the city. Outside Station 1 in downtown Portland, a powerful 9/11 remembrance ceremony took place Thursday morning. It was one of several events held across Portland.
At 6:59 a.m. and 7:28 a.m., firefighters at every station across Portland rolled their engines out front and stood at attention. It was a moment of silence timed exactly to when the Twin Towers fell in New York and took nearly 3,000 lives, including more than 300 firefighters.
“We try to focus our attention east, if at all possible because that’s where the tragedy happened and in our minds’ eye we can go to those members at FDNY that proceeded us but we also honor those from Portland Fire that have gone in front of us and taught us,” said Rick Graves with PF&R. Then at 10 a.m. a public ceremony was held at Station 1, with speakers from Portland Fire, the firefighters’ union, bagpipers, and a special fireboat water display across the street in Waterfront Park.
