9/11 Remembrance from the Town of Lake Lure
The Town of Lake Lure Staff took a moment to remember and honor those who died on 9/11.
Development and Environmental Review Specialist Rick Carpenter and Public Works Supervisor Chase Harris planted the beautiful Sugar Maple tree on the banks of Lake Lure to commemorate the day.
Staff came together to memorialize this solemn day with a prayer led by Community Development Director Mike Williams.
Every year as part of the official commemoration ceremony held at the World Trade Center for victims' families, six moments of silence marking the key events of 9/11 are observed. Deputy Town Clerk/Administrative Support Specialist Wendy Terry, Town Clerk/Paralegal Elba Willette, and Public Services Administrative Support Specialist/GIS Technician Meghann Pitts recited the following with an observance of silence after each notation.
- 8:46 a.m.: Hijackers deliberately crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into floors 93 through 99 of the North Tower.
- 9:03 a.m.: Hijackers deliberately crashed United Airlines Flight 175 into floors 77 through 85 of the South Tower.
- 9:37 a.m.: Hijackers deliberately crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon, near Washington, D.C.
- 9:59 a.m.: The South Tower collapsed.
- 10:03 a.m.: After learning of the other attacks, passengers on United Airlines Flight 93 launched a counterattack on hijackers aboard their plane to try to seize control of the aircraft. In response, the hijackers crashed the plane into an empty field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
- 10:28 a.m.: The North Tower collapsed, leaving the 16-acre World Trade Center site in ruins and collateral damage affecting all adjacent properties and streets. The rescue effort commenced immediately.
Town Manager Olivia Stewman recited the following poem.
A DAY TO REMEMBER
Anniversary is not a proper word
To mark the meaning of that day
And now, five years from that date
Is not nearly far enough away.
Too many families and loved ones
Still feel that pain down in their Soul
From the Towers to the Pentagon
To those who heard those words, “Let's roll!”
Hearts still ache and tears still flow
On the eleventh of another year
Those who lost will always miss
All those People they hold, dear.
There are still unanswered questions
For those who ask the reason, “Why?”
Was it really necessary
For all of those folks to die?
The nine/eleven Commission
They asked and probed and dug
Their many recommendations
Some dismiss, with just a shrug.
To correct all those problems
Will step on way too many toes
Might take some from their bottom line
We all know, that's the way it goes.
For those who make the rules
Most politicians are the same
The only thing they care about
Is to play the lobbyist's game.
If anything is to be done
The People, are who will make it so
We must write or fax or call
To make our Reps learn what we know.
Seems once they get elected
And they join that unique group
They forget from whence they came
And get caught up in the loop.
Not all of them are worthless
But seems there are very few
Who really want to do right
And represent me and you.
Commissioner Scott Doster and Mayor Pro Tem Dave DiOrio shared remarks in recognition of the day.
Special thanks to Environmental Review Specialist Rick Carpenter for this thoughtful idea of planting the tree.
The Town of Lake Lure hopes to plant a tree every year to honor all those who died on 9/11.
