Patriots’ Day was recognized in Downtown St. Joseph Thursday morning as officials from area agencies, the City of St. Joseph and community members came out to remember the lives that were lost 13-years ago.
“Sometimes you remember in different ways,” St. Joseph Fire Chief Mike Dalsing said. “You just want to make sure that it’s a part of our history and people remember what happened but you can’t dwel on it either.”
It’s been 13-years since the September 11 attacks of 2001 where almost 3-thousand people lost their lives in a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks when two planes were crashed into the twin towers of the world trade center, a third plane crashed into the Pentagon and the forth plane was targeted at Washington D.C. but crashed into a field in Pennsylvanie after its passengers tried to overcome the hijackers.

In rememberance of that day, more than 30 people turned out to the memorial event in front of the National Military Heritage Museum to watch a gun sallute, the ringing of the bell and hear from members of area Law Enforcement, Fire, and the Sheriffs department. Speakers touched on the importance of taking the time to think about the officials who are still out on the streets keeping lives safe every day.
“There’s people on the street 27/7,” Dalsing said. “They’re out there, they’re there for you and they do it because they want to do it.”