First responders in Nampa joined Americans across the country stopping to honor the lives lost on September 11, 23 years ago.
The ceremony at Nampa Firehouse 1 featured a moment of silence and music from the Honor Guard.
“Our Honor Guard has a monthly practice so we start in August and we do our monthly practice all centered around 9/11,” Nampa Fire Protection District Deputy Chief Nick Adams said.
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Photo by Keith Burrell, KIVIThe district has held an annual ceremony in Nampa each year since 2002.
“It was ’02, a firefighter named Jim Ashenberger said ‘Hey we have got to do some remembrance ceremony,'” Adams recalled. “He planned it and he was adamant that it be really simple and a lot of quiet and contemplative time and we have maintained that all these years.”
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Nampa Firehouse 1 is also home to a piece of the World Trade Center. A nationwide program allows fire stations across the country to apply to receive a piece of the towers after detailing how they would be displayed.