Keizer Fire District Ceremony Set to Remember 9-11 Attack

The time of the ceremony is to coincide with the time the two towers of the World Trade Center collapsed.

Photo by: Tim King

(KEIZER, Ore.) - The Keizer Fire District will remember the tragic events and those who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania on September 11th, 2001.

"A remembrance ceremony, on the sixth anniversary of this tragic event, will be held on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 and is scheduled to begin at 7:00 AM," Fire Spokesman Jim Trett said.

The time of the ceremony is to coincide with the time the two towers of the World Trade Center collapsed. The memorial ceremony provides area residents the opportunity to remember and honor those whose lives were lost that day.

The ceremony will take place by the Keizer Fire District 9/11 Memorial in front of the Keizer Fire Station at 661 Chemawa Rd, NE in Keizer.

Trett says speakers will include Keizer Fire District Board of Directors President Greg Ego, Keizer Mayor Lore Christopher, State Fire Marshal Nancy Orr and special guest speaker Tim Burr.

The ceremony will be followed by a light breakfast in the Keizer Fire District Community Room.