Rock River Current
ROCKFORD — Police, sheriff’s deputies, firefighters and other community members gathered outside the Winnebago County 9/11 Emergency Responders Memorial on Thursday to commemorate the men and women who lost their lives after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
The short, solemn ceremony concluded with a moment of silence and a floral wreath being placed near the 1,000-pound steel beams that came from the World Trade Center. Those beams are incorporated into the memorial at State Street and Kilburn Avenue near the Winnebago County Criminal Justice Center…