Hundreds Drawn to Memorial Events on 9/11 Anniversary

Volunteers created the display, which included a memorial tag on each flag, listing the name, age and circumstance of each victim’s passing.

It was one element of the village of Carpentersville’s 9/11 remembrance events, which included a parade, LifeSource Blood Drive, outdoor worship service and leaders’ remarks rounding out the day.

At Sunday morning’s welcome presentation attended by more than 200 people, state Rep. Keith Farnham spoke of the benefits of moving forward with positive ideas, instead of with anger about terrorism.

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He has two relatives who worked at the buildings but were not in their offices when planes crashed into the iconic buildings.

What has resonated with Cole is the story of one Franciscan priest who was in one of the buildings. He is considered the first victim of 9/11. His body was the first to be pulled out and his death certificate had the number 1 on top, said Cole, during a memorial in downtown Huntley.

The Rev. Michael Judge was a New York Fire Department chaplain. Judge went into the first World Trade Center side by side with the firefighters he counseled, he said.

Judge died first to be on the other side to greet firefighters and other victims, a pastor said in Judge’s eulogy. Cole read the quotes from the eulogy.

At Sunday’s noon ceremony, Mayor Charles Sass read a proclamation, titled “We Will Never Forget” made for “all to see that the residents of the village of Huntley remember always, with solemn respect, those whose lives were taken suddenly, without cause, on Sept. 11, 2001, and all lives since then that were scarified in the name of freedom.”

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More than a thousand people gathered at the 9/11 American Flag Memorial on Sunday morning to hear songs, prayers and personal stories from those touched by Sept. 11, 2001.

Sun City Huntley hosted a community-driven memorial Sunday honoring those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, and the heroes of that day.

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With special memorial services planned at some churches, it will be a time to honor those who died on that day and for people to come together to talk about how to move on from it, said deacon Cy Grossmayer of .

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