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The City of Carmel will pay respect and honor to the lives lost during the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the day America came under attack by terrorists in New York City and Washington, D.C. Nearly 3,000 people were killed that day at the World Trade Center Towers, the Pentagon and on a hijacked plane that crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pa.
The community is invited to join the Carmel Fire Department and Carmel Police Department, which will join together for a solemn ceremony at the Carmel Veteran’s Memorial on 3rd Avenue SW (across from Carter Green). The ceremony will begin at 8:46 a.m., the moment the first emergency dispatch was issued.
The audio of that dispatch will be played at the ceremony, followed by a service that will include paying honor to all lives lost, placing a wreath at the base of the Veterans Memorial Statue, ringing of the bells, Taps and solemn music. The event will end with a special flyover by the Indy Biplanes.
The street will be closed for this event and the Carmel Farmers Market will be paused to pay respect and allow patrons to join the ceremony.