Dartmouth Fire Department holds memorial for 9/11
Chief Erick Turcotte holds a moment of silence for the lives lost. Photos by Kat Sheridan
The bell ringing in memory.
Chief Erick Turcotte holds a moment of silence for the lives lost. Photos by Kat Sheridan
The bell ringing in memory.
Every year since Sept. 11, 2001, Dartmouth Fire District Two has held a memorial for the victims, specifically the firefighters lost during the attack and since.
“We do this every year to commemorate the loss of those people on that day, especially the firefighters that were lost in that day,” said Chief Erick Turcotte, “They continue to be lost from that day.”
On Friday, Sept. 11, the district held their memorial. They began by ringing the fire bell in four sets of five, which is historically to honor firefighters and emergency medical service workers who died in the line of duty.
A firefighter lowered the flag to half mast, which was raised at the end of the memorial. Turcotte then held a moment of silence and read two prayers; one for the victims, followed by the Firefighters Prayer. The memorial was finished by ringing the bell twenty more times.
On 9/11, 343 firefighters died from the attack. Since then, 341 have died from illnesses related to the day.
One attendee, Robert Kane, lost a cousin in 9/11.
“I never forget,” said Kane.
Turcotte says he recalls two Dartmouth residents who died on 9/11. A priest, and a woman who worked in one of the towers.
