PRESS RELEASE
Please join the City of Grapevine Fire Department (GFD) on Wednesday, September 11 at 7:40 a.m. at 1000 Texan Trail in Grapevine, as we honor and remember those we lost during the tragic events of September 11, 2001.
The schedule of events is as follows:
- 07:40am - Welcome and Introductions
- 07:41am - GFD Pipe and Drum Band performs Bells of Dunblane
- 07:46am - Flag will be lowered to half-staff, followed by a moment of silence in remembrance of the first plane hitting the North Tower
- 07:48am - Remarks from Association of Professional Flight Attendants Vice President Liz Geiss
- 07:53am - Remarks from Allied Pilots Association member
- 07:58am - Bell ceremony for fallen firefighters
- 08:03am - Moment of silence in remembrance of the second plane hitting the South Tower
- 08:04am - Remarks from Steven Humenesky (ret.), Fire Department of New York (FDNY)
- 08:09am - Prayer of remembrance and for those left behind (GFD Chaplain Steve Bass)
- 08:10am - GFD Pipe and Drum perform Amazing Grace and event concludes
