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Sept. 11 first responders to attend B.C. border ceremony on anniversary of attacks
Hundreds of first responders and dignitaries honored the nearly 3,000 people killed in the attacks, with a U.S. Homeland Security flypast planned.
- On Friday, hundreds of first responders, dignitaries, and military personnel gathered at the Peace Arch monument between Surrey, B.C., and Blaine, Wash., to mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
- Organizers describe the annual Northwest 9/11 Memorial as an "enduring expression of friendship and solidarity" between Canada and the United States, reflecting on lives lost while honoring the courage of those who responded.
- Retired New York Police Department lieutenant Kevin Lynch, firefighter Cody Stamberger, and paramedic Roberto Abril joined the commemoration, which featured a U.S. Homeland Security helicopter flypast and the Surrey Police Service Pipe Band.
- Sharing how Canadians and Americans "opened their hearts to us, as if we are a family," Abril emphasized the enduring emotional bonds formed between the two nations following the 2001 tragedy.
- Remembering nearly 3,000 lives lost, Stamberger stated trade tensions "doesn't matter" when honoring those killed, while Consul General Shawn Crowley reaffirmed the "ties between our people" as essential to the bilateral relationship.
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