Marco Island Honors 9/11 Fallen

Marco Island Police Chief Tracy Frazzano welcomes attendees

Scott Kerens, Lead Pastor of Marco Presbyterian Church, offers the opening prayer.

Firefighter Paramedic Rebecca Eagels carries out the duties on the Ceremonial Department Bells to honor fallen comrades.

Marco Island Fire Chief Chris Byrnes welcomes the heroes who worked on 9/11. They either now live on the island, have worked for the city or currently work for the city.

Marco Island Fire Deputy Chief Mathew Marshall, Fire Chief Chris Byrnes, Fire Marshall Daniel Zunzunegui, Training Officer Jake Clemmons and retired Fire Chief Mike Murphy.

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Posted Sunday, September 15, 2024 3:22 pm

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By Steve Stefanides

Members of the public safety community, as well as city staff and residents, came together on the beautiful morning of Wednesday, September 11, at Fire Department Headquarters to honor those who lost their lives on that fateful day 23 years ago.

Chief Christopher Byrne explained the longtime tradition of the ceremonial ringing of the bell to recognize a fallen comrade. This year, he had the pleasure of introducing Firefighter Paramedic Rebecca Eagels, who carried out that solemn responsibility as the memorial came to a close.

On the anniversary of this date we continue to concentrate our thoughts and prayers on the victims of that tragic day in September 2001, especially, those in public safety who rose to the challenge and made the ultimate sacrifice to protect the many innocent civilian casualties at the Towers, The Pentagon and those brave passengers and crew of Flight 93, who would ultimately save so many other potential innocents and would eventually come to rest in a lonely field in Shanksville, Pa. To forget the lessons of that day dishonors all of those brave men and women who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

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