Palm Harbor Holds Remembrance Ceremony on 23rd Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks
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Hundreds turned out in Palm Harbor on Wednesday to remember the lives lost in Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. FOX 13's Mark Wilson emceed the ceremony, which was also attended by Gov. Ron DeSantis. **PALM HARBOR, Fla.
** - Wednesday marks 23 years since the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 Americans at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The effort to keep their memories alive took place across the entire Bay Area, including at Curlew Hills Memory Gardens in Palm Harbor. "Kids now that are on the fire department weren't even born yet," said former NYFD firefighter Richard Miccio. In a world increasingly dedicated to small screens, the reality of 9/11 can be found in something about the same size. In Victoria Kikis' hands is proof of America's worst day, a rare shard of glass found amidst piles of dust and steel beams.
"He found this piece," she said, whose husband, Louis Kikis, was a NYFD firefighter on 9/11. Kikis picked it up during the eight months he spent cleaning up The.