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09/10/2009: "Remembering The Loss"

(SJIFD Captain Smith rings out 5-5-5)

Friday September 11th was the 8th anniversary of the attacks in New York, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania.
(American Legion FH)
Two remembrance ceremonies were held to commemorate the event and honor all who lost their lives that day.

At at exactly 9:11 a.m. a cannon salute and prayer ceremony was held at American Legion Post 163, and then at 09:59 a full moment of silence -followed by a second cannon salute- was held at the base of Spring Street near Memorial Park. The Fire Department then rang out “Signal 5-5-5” on the bell of a fire engine.

Before radios and telephones, a fire department would send a “Signal 5-5-5” over its fire alarm telegraph system as a means of signifying a fallen firefighter. Over time, the tradition has grown to honor all emergency service workers.