Larchmont 9/11 Memorial Ceremony

by Paula Eisenberg

Mayor Ken Bialo, former Mayor Cheryl Lewy, members of Larchmont Board of Trustees and uniformed
services in moment of silence for victims of World Trade Center attacks

(September 11, 2002) In a solemn ceremony at the flagpole at Village Hall, Larchmont honored the memory of local residents who died in the World Trade Center attacks one year ago. Mayor Ken Bialo also marked the self-sacrifice of the police officers, fire-fighters and rescue workers who perished that day. He read the names of the eleven area residents among the dead. An honor guard of Larchmont police officers fired three rifle volleys at 8:46, the exact time the first hijacked plane crashed into the World Trade Center.

Approximately sixty people gathered to pay their respects at the busy corner of Larchmont Avenue and the Boston Post Road, standing quietly as Village officials helped lower the flags to half-staff and lay wreaths at the foot of the flagpole. One woman murmured, "I can't believe it's been a whole year since that awful morning." Her eyes beginning to brim with tears, she said, "Here we are on another beautiful fall morning, and everything has changed."

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