Bay Ridge, Marine Park host heartfelt 9/11 remembrance ceremonies
Cloudy skies and the threat of rain did not stop hundreds of people from attending two solemn ceremonies on Tuesday in Bay Ridge and Marine Park to mark the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
State Sen. Marty Golden organized both events as touching tributes to the nearly 3,000 lives lost when terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and hijacked United Flight 93 before passengers heroically took over the cockpit and crashed the plane into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, preventing the pilot from hitting another target.
The first service took place at Carmine Carro Community Center at 3000 Fillmore Ave. at 6 p.m. in Marine Park, followed by another remembrance service at 7:30 p.m. at the American Veterans Memorial Pier on 69th Street and Shore Road.