Fort Bragg honors those killed on 9/11 with a wreath laying ceremony
THE HELMET THAT HE WORE THAT
DAY AND THE DAYS AFTER AS HE
SEARCHED FOR SURVIVORS
>> SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS AT
FORT BRAGG ARE ALSO REMEMBERING
THOSE LOST TODAY. WRAL'S FLYNN,
SNYDER HAS THEIR STORY
>> AND WITH THE RINGING OF
BELLS. A FIRING PARTY
AND THE PLAYING OF TAPS A
MOMENT OF SILENT REFLECTION
FOR JIMMY TO ACEVEDO EVERY
SINGLE YEAR.
>> WE'LL FIND A PIECE OF THE
WORLD TRADE CENTER NO MATTER
WHERE WE ARE IN THIS WORLD,
SOMEONE ARMY SPOUSE AND I TAKE
THE TIME TO REFLECT. SHE SAID
AT THE ETERNAL FLAME ON FORT
BRAGG MADE OF STEEL SALVAGED
FROM THE WORLD TRADE CENTER.
I GREW UP IN NEW YORK AND I
WAS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AND
HE LOST A LOT OF HIS FRIENDS.
WE'RE STILL LOSING HIS FRIENDS
TODAY FROM THE AFTERMATH OF
EVERYTHING THE ARMY SPOUSE WAS
AMONG THOSE AT FORT BRAGG
ANNUAL 9.11, REMEMBRANCE AS
PART OF THE CEREMONY. MILITARY
MEMBERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS
LAID WREATHS IN FRONT OF THAT
ETERNAL FLAME IN COLTON HERE
AT FORT BRAGG, DEDICATED TO
THOSE STATION TO YOUR ARMY
CIVILIAN POLICE LIEUTENANT
ROGER MONDAY PLACED ONE OF THE
READS STUFF IS FORTUNATE.
MY WIFE IS HERE TODAY. SHE
WROTE ONE OF OUR
GRANDDAUGHTERS.
>> AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
2 SURE YOUTH THAT ONE AROUND AT
THAT TIME OF WHAT HE'S BEEN
SACRIFICED FOR THEIR FREEDOM
FOR FORT BRAGG AND THE
SURROUNDING COMMUNITY CHANGE
CAME IN AN INSTANT BRIGADIER
GENERAL. BRIAN BET. IT'S NOTED
THE ROLE SOLDIERS HERE PLAYED
EARLY ON IN THE NATION'S
RESPONSE. THIS WAS A
>> A POST THAT WAS TRANSFORMED.
IT WAS A FOCUSED ON THE MISSION
AND FOCUS ON ON RESPONSE POST
TO RECOVERY EFFORTS. AND THEN
AS AS WE WELL KNOW, THE LAST
20 YEARS OF ANNIE LE ROY MOORE
WITH A LIVE STREAM ON HER PHONE
OF THE THOUSANDS OF VICTIMS.
NAMES BEING READ ALOUD. I CAN
FEEL THEIR EMOTIONS. ACEVEDO
SAYS REFLECTING NEAR A PIECE OF
THE WORLD TRADE CENTER ALLOWS
HER TO BE CLOSER TO THOSE LOST
FAMILIES.
>> WHAT EVERYONE'S GOING
THROUGH THE LOVE THAT AMERICANS
SHOULD BE HAVING A SACRIFICE
HEAVY ON THE MINDS OF SOLDIERS
AND CIVILIANS. 24 YEARS LATER,