WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio — Fayette County first responders, county and city agencies and veteran advocates will gather Sept. 11 to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with a remembrance ceremony on the Fayette County Courthouse lawn.
The ceremony is set for 8:30 a.m. at the gazebo on the courthouse lawn in Washington Court House, according to a flyer posted by the Fayette County Emergency Management Agency. The public is invited to attend.
The event is being coordinated in part by the First Responder Community of Fayette County, the Fayette County Emergency Management Agency and Fayette County Veteran Services, the agency said.
The Fayette County EMA coordinates law enforcement, fire and rescue, EMS, public health, hospital and other responding agencies alongside county elected officials as part of what the agency describes as a “systematic approach” to emergency planning, hazard mitigation and disaster recovery, according to the agency. The EMA also oversees the county’s Local Emergency Planning Committee and homeland security functions and operates an Emergency Operations Center on state Route 62 north of Washington Court House.
Fayette County Veteran Services, formally the Fayette County Veterans Service Commission, has operated since Ohio counties were first required to establish veterans service commissions in 1886. The office is funded through a property tax levy rather than state or federal money and provides emergency financial assistance, help with VA benefits and compensation, transportation services and memorial affairs assistance to honorably discharged veterans and their families, according to the commission.
Friday’s ceremony falls on the 25th anniversary of the 2001 attacks, in which hijacked airliners struck the World Trade Center towers in New York, the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing nearly 3,000 people.
The information contained in this story was obtained from the Fayette County Emergency Management Agency.
