PHOTO GALLERY: World Trade Center Memorial and Police Memorial Dedications
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Rachel S. OHara
| 4:00 a.m. September 11, 2011
Sarasota
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PHOTO GALLERY: World Trade Center Memorial and Police Memorial Dedications
Commissioner Joe Barbetta, Norm Schimmel and Mayor Susan Atwell stand back while Chief Mikel T. Hollaway speaks to the crowd.
Mayor Susan Atwell speaks to the crowd that attended the dedication ceremony.
Ret. Sergeant Bruce Porter, President of the F.O.P. Warren Jones Memorial Lodge, spoke at the dedication ceremony Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Sarasota Police Department.
A woman clutches a small American flag in her hand during the dedication ceremony Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Sarasota Police Department.
The photograph created by Norman Schimmel that was donated to the Sarasota Police Department.
Many people came out for the dedication ceremony Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Sarasota Police Department.
A closer look at the beam used in the City of Sarasota World Trade Center Memorial.
Mayor Susan Atwell helps with the wreath that was placed in front of the World Trade Center Memorial during the dedication ceremony Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Sarasota Police Department.
The flag was put to half-mast during the dedication ceremony.
Wade Chapel rang the bell during the moment of silence at 08:47 a.m., the exact time when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
Officer Kenneth Rainey Jr. spoke during the dedication ceremony Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Sarasota Police Department.
The City of Sarasota World Trade Center Memorial
One of the four, identical plaques that are on the City of Sarasota World Trade Center Memorial.
Dr. Clifford Smith reads the words on the City of Sarasota World Trade Center Memorial plaque to his grandsons Devon Saxman, 7, and Jaden, 11.
The Enforcers take a photo together by the City of Sarasota World Trade Center Memorial prior to the beginning of the dedication ceremony.
Reverend David Stone, Police Chaplain, led the crowd in prayer.
Robert Blackwell, of the Honor Guard, stands next to one of the wreaths during the dedication ceremony Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Sarasota Police Department.
Members of the honor guard lowered the flag in front of the police station during the dedication ceremony.
The beam from the World Trade Center that makes up the City of Sarasota World Trade Center Memorial.
