🇺🇸 Enterprise Honors and Remembers 9/11 Anniversary🇺🇸
ENTERPRISE, Ala. (WDNews)  – Dozens of citizens gathered at the Wall of Freedom in Johnny Henderson Park on Wednesday morning to honor and remember the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Mayor William E. Cooper issued a proclamation declaring September 11, 2024, as “Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance.”
“Ordinary Americans demonstrated courage and selflessness as they leapt into action, ultimately risking and losing their own lives to save others,” Cooper said. “Police, firefighters, and other first responders who returned to Ground Zero and the Pentagon for months… refused to stop searching through destruction.”
Col. Richard P. Tucker, USAACE and Fort Novosel Chief of Staff, served as the guest speaker and praised the bravery of those who helped in the aftermath of the attacks.
“The first responders on 9/11 weren’t just firefighters, police officers, and paramedics,” Tucker said. “They were our neighbors, our family members, our friends. They didn’t wake up that morning knowing they would be thrust into the heart of the worst terrorist attack in American history. Yet, when called up, they responded with unwavering courage.”
Enterprise Fire Department Senior Firefighter Seth Endemano rang the fire bell at 7:46 a.m., the time the plane struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Endemano rang the bell five times: once for the victims of each plane crash and once for the first responders who later died from health issues related to their work at Ground Zero.
“We should honor them by being the country that we were on September 12,” Tucker added.
The memorial was organized by Veterans Service Organizations, with support from the Enterprise Chamber of Commerce and the City of Enterprise.
