- April 15, 2024
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Mayor Rusty Johnson, left, and Tom Lowrie, executive board member of the Winter Garden American Legion Post 63, attended Ocoee’s 9/11 memorial event.
Elected officials participated in Ocoee’s 9/11 memorial event.
The police and fire honor guards presented the colors.
The police and fire honor guards presented the colors.
The police and fire honor guards presented the colors.
The police and fire honor guards presented the colors.
Ocoee Police Officer Duane Hunt performed the national anthem.
Ocoee Police Chaplain Keith Tower gave the invocation.
Tom Smothers, deputy fire chief for the city of Ocoee, spoke to the crowd.
Saima Plasencia, Ocoee police chief, addressed the attendees.
Ocoee City Commissioner Rosemary Wilsen showed her patriotism.
The Ocoee Police Department was well represented.
Jimmy Brown, a former firefighter with the New York Fire Department, gave the keynote address.
Participants were encouraged to place an American flag on the lawn.
Keynote speaker Jimmy Brown, left, spoke with Ocoee Mayor Rusty Johnson after the program.
The memorial event was hosted by the city’s Citizens Advisory Council for the Ocoee Police Department.
The city of Ocoee remembered the events of Sept. 11, 2001, with a somber yet patriotic ceremony on the lawn of the Withers-Maguire House Saturday, Sept. 11. The program included the presentation of the flags and a moment of silence for those whose lives were lost in the terrorist attacks.
Ocoee Police Officer Duane Hunt performed the national anthem, Police Chaplain Keith Tower gave the invocation, and Deputy Fire Chief Tom Smothers and Police Chief Saima Plasencia made comments. Jimmy Brown, former firefighter with the New York Fire Department at the time of the attacks on the World Trade Center, was the keynote speaker.
The city’s 9/11 memorial — a piece of a steel beam from the WTC buildings — was on display, and American flags were placed on the lawn to honor those who died 20 years ago.
The memorial event was hosted by the city’s Citizens Advisory Council for the Ocoee Police Department.
