Today is the 11th annivesary of the September 11 attacks.
Waltham marked the 11th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks this morning with a short ceremon in front of the Waltham Fire Department.
The public is welcome to attend the fire department ceremony.
The public is welcome to attend the fire department ceremony.
The Waltham Fire Department will mark this year's September 11 anniversary with a ceremony in honor of the 343 firefighters who died responding to the terrorist attacks. The ceremony will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 11 at the Fire Department headquarters at 175 Lexington St., according to the fire department's website. The ceremony starts at 8:45 a.m. The ceremony is open to the public.
John Wenckus died in the 9/11 attacks a decade ago.
While he was not a Waltham resident when he died 10 years ago, Waltham residents today remembered Waltham native John Wenckus, 46, of who died in the Sept. 11 attacks. Wenckus was a 46-year-old Torrance, Calif., resident when he died on American Airlines flight 11 which hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Wenckus’s family, including his mother, Joan, laid a wreath in John’s honor during a ceremony today marking the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. As she choked up with emotion after the ceremony, Joan Wenckus said her son was likely doing one his favorite activities. “He is up [in Heaven] playing golf with my husband,” she said. Wenckus told the Contra Costa Times newspaper earlier this week that her …
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City dedicates bricks to veterans in post 9/11 era.
Waltham residents and city officials marked the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks today with dedication ceremony at the city's Circle of Remembrance on the City Common To view photos and video of the ceremony, click on the photo box to the right. Visit our other 9/11 coverage. The city dedicated 59 bricks bearing the names of military veterans, deceased and living, who have served in the post-9/11 era. The family of John Wenckus, a Waltham native who perished on Sept. 11, laid a wreath in his honor. Wenckus was on American Airlines flight 11 when it struck the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Wenckus, 46, grew up in Waltham, but was living in California when he died. Relatives of those who have a brick in their …
Ceremony to be held on City Common at 2 p.m.
At 2 p.m. today, the city will mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks with a ceremony outside City Hall. Officials will dedicate 59 new bricks with names of veterans from Waltham to the Circle of Rememberance on the city common. The names are those of veterans living and deceased who served in the military during peace and war times. After the dedication, a total of 2,093 bricks will be at the site. The first bricks were dedicated in October 2005. Stay tuned to Patch for updates on this story.
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Photos of some of the people in the region who died on Sept. 11, 2001, or memorials to them.
Sept. 11, 2001, claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 people, and among them were residents emmeshed in our communities, lives and hearts. Here is a look at photos of some of the people in the region who died on Sept. 11, in the Twin Towers, or aboard the four hijacked planes. Also pictured are memorials remembering those who lost their lives that day. For additional photos of people touched by 9/11, visit HuffingtonPost.
Share your memories of 9/11 with Patch.
With the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks coming Sunday, Patch is offering its readers the chance to share their memories of that day. Submit your thoughts in the commnet box below, and check out one Waltham man's thoughts in the photo box to the right.
12:36 pm on Friday, September 9, 2011
My wife and I had been living in Souther Califronia for about a year and a half and were on our first trip back to the East Coast. We were sitting on a plane at LAX that morning waiting to taxi when it was annouced that the flight would be delayed "a few minutes". After a while, it was announced that we needed to exit the plane as all flights were temporarily postponed due to "an incident" on the… more ›
Sarah
1:55 pm on Wednesday, September 12, 2012
It was a nice ceremony. more ›