Wilton Firefighters Plan 9/11 Tribute at the Memorial Monument

Wilton Firefighters Local 2233 and the Wilton Fire Department will host their annual remembrance ceremony on On Wednesday, September 11th, 2013.

The event will honor the Wilton residents and all Emergency Responders who were killed in the attacks on September 11th, 2001. Wilton Firefighters, Police Officers, EMS responders, family members and friends of those lost on that day will again gather at Wilton Fire Headquarters located at 236 Danbury Road to pay tribute.

The ceremony will begin at 10:00 am, by the 9/11 Memorial Monument in front of Fire Headquarters. The 9/11 Monument was created as a tribute to the five Wilton residents as well as all citizens and emergency workers who lost their lives that fateful September day.

“We gather each September 11th to pay our respects to those civilians who were killed, as well as to honor the Firefighters, Police Officers and heroic Americans we lost in New York City, Shanksville, Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon,” said Firefighter David Chaloux, President of Wilton Firefighters Local 2233 in a release. 

“We must never forget the thousands of innocent men and women who went to work that day and never returned home," said Chaloux.

Members from all of Wilton’s emergency services will participate in the ceremony which will feature tributes to those lost, prayers from local clergy, and songs performed by members of the Wilton Police and Fire Departments.

The ceremony is expected to conclude by 11:00 am and will be followed by refreshments and reflections at Fire Headquarters. 

Citizens, Emergency Service workers and the media are all invited to join in honoring the sacrifice of so many and to make sure that “We Will Never Forget”