MILFORD, Ohio — The Milford Community Fire Department will host a community memorial service Friday to mark 25 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the department said in a Facebook post.
The ceremony is scheduled for 9 a.m. at the fire station’s memorial site at department headquarters, 687 US-50 East, according to the city of Milford’s calendar of events, which lists the gathering as an annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony.
Ahead of the anniversary, the department shared photos of Lt. Baird and Firefighter Rose modeling specially designed uniform T-shirts marking the milestone. The shirts feature the date “9.11.01,” a kneeling firefighter silhouette, a fire department badge bearing the number 343 — the count of New York City firefighters killed responding to the World Trade Center attacks — a Twin Towers skyline, and the phrase “We Will Never Forget.”
The Milford Community Fire Department traces its history to the former Village of Milford Volunteer Fire Department; the agency still maintains a 1945 Seagrave pumper from that era, according to its website. The department is now organized as a not-for-profit corporation that contracts with the city of Milford to provide fire and emergency medical services, funded through a voter-approved fire and EMS levy. It keeps a minimum of six personnel on duty around the clock, and Mark Baird serves as fire chief.
Friday’s ceremony will mark a quarter-century since the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Washington, D.C., and near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, including 343 New York City firefighters.
The information contained in this story was obtained from a Facebook post by the Milford Community Fire Department, the city of Milford’s calendar of events and the fire department’s website.