BUCHANAN, Va. – As day breaks on the 24th anniversary of 9/11, former first responder and founder of Buchanan non-profit Sirens & Salutes, Bill Price, spent the morning walking with members of the Buchanan Volunteer Fire Department. The walk encompassed the entire 102-minute timeline of the attacks—from the moment the North Tower was struck at 8:46, to the time it fell at 10:28.
For Price, the memory of 9/11 remains ever-present, even 24 years after the attacks.
“I was actually at a firefighting school learning how to put out fires on aircraft,” Price said. “They came out and told us that the towers had been hit and that we all needed to get inside as quickly as possible.”…