Future first responders reflect on 9/11 in Luzerne County [Video]

A service at a community college featured first responders, both experienced and those new to a career in public service.

NANTICOKE, Pa. — A procession of service members, firefighters, officials, and EMS students up Walk of Honor Drive at Luzerne County Community College in Nanticoke begins this annual 9/11 memorial ceremony.

“We gather today to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks on our country and the lives lost on that date,” said LCCC’s director of security and safety, Doulas Fawbust, to the crowd.

The reason behind this gathering is simple: make sure those sacrifices are never forgotten and emphasize the significance September 11, 2001, has on our country through speeches, bell tolling, and prayer.

“I think with the chaos that happens in our daily lives, I think that people forget that, like, when bad things happen, we all, like, come together,” said first-year EMS student Carolina Montes of Old Forge.

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