The Town of Miami Lakes and its Public Safety Committee observed the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. A field in Veterans Park was filled with flags representing the 2,977 victims who were killed that sunny morning after planes were flown into downtown New York City, in a field in Shanksville, Pa. and at the Pentagon in Arlington County, Va. The town’s remembrance ceremony included a performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner” by the Barbara Goleman Senior High School Marching Band, led by Director of Bands Zakery Chambers. Father Ivan Rodriguez of Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Parish recited a prayer. The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Honor Guard presented the colors and officials made speeches before a small crowd. Policy Director David Marin represented Miami-Dade Commissioner Sen. Rene Garcia, R-Hialeah.
Fla. Rep. Tom Fabricio, R-Miami Lakes, said, “We need to teach our children what happened. It is critically important that it never happen again.”
Mayor Josh Dieguez said, “Never forget those we lost, especially our first responders that put their life in harms way, our armed forces that shortly afterward would go be the weapons of that vengeance … For me though the most important thing, as year after year as I would help organize and participate in 9/11 ceremonies, was the immediate unity that reminded us that we are all Americans at the end of the day.”…