Fernandina Beach church holds memorial service for 9/11 anniversary

Fernandina Beach religion holds memorial work for 9/11 anniversary

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. – Journey Church successful Fernandina Beach held a memorial work Saturday 20 years aft the deadly onslaught connected Sept. 11, 2001.

The ceremonial honored the archetypal responders successful our area.

“I deliberation contiguous is truly astir promises made and promises kept. These days of remembrance similar this, I think, are precise important to fto each of the archetypal responders who service each time we marque a committedness to them to ne'er hide their sacrifice,” Congressman John Rutherford said.

Those successful attendance besides honored the 13 soldiers who died successful Afghanistan arsenic U.S. forces withdrew from the country.

There were photos of the 343 servicemen and women who died during 9/11 and the impermanent talker was a retired New York firefighter.

“I thought we were invincible. I thought cipher could interaction us, and yet present we were. Attacked,” Eddie Zeilman said.

Zeilman wasn’t expected to enactment connected that day. He heard connected the vigor the World Trade Center had been attacked, and instantly went to his occurrence station, and headed that way.

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“A fewer radical were rescued. The connection betterment became a happening a time oregon 2 later. I spent my full time and nighttime astatine the site,” Zeilman said. “There was a purpose, and the intent was to bring location thing and everything to families.”

For 9 months, helium remembers doing immoderate helium could to assistance retrieve what was near underneath the rubble. Zeilman said it changed everything for him, and amplified his emotion and the respect helium has for archetypal responders and their families who spell connected without their loved ones.

“God bless, not conscionable the 343, the wife, their family, the children, to spot their kids who came to the occurrence location turn up is priceless,” Zeilman said.

He besides said it’s imperative to ne'er hide the moments and scenes that took spot 20 years ago.

Firefighters said this time was a gut cheque to their profession, that brought a batch of pride. They said though truthful overmuch has changed since 9/11, the request to grant lives mislaid and proceed serving has not.

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“It’s not lone don’t forget, and we’ll ne'er forget, but it’s besides similar the talker spoke today, what tin you bash to marque a quality successful your assemblage and successful your world,” said Lt. Adam Salzburg, of Nassau County Fire Rescue.

The retired New York fireman was fixed a emblem that flew implicit the U.S. Capitol representing archetypal responders everywhere. Nassau County archetypal responders besides gave him a badge, thanking him for his service.

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