East Valley remembers lives lost on 9/11 anniversary
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The city of Tempe and the Exchange Club of Tempe continued its tradition of placing 2,977 American flags at Tempe Beach Park’s Healing Field to mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. [Mike Sakal/Tribune]
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Becca Lawson of Chandler played “Taps” for the fourth straight year at the Sept. 11 commemoration ceremony at Tempe Beach Park’s Healing Field on Tuesday, marking the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. [Mike Sakal/Tribune]
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Remembering his brother and friend: Michael McAvoy of Scottsdale participated in the city of Tempe’s Sept. 11 commemoration event on Tuesday by reading the names of his brother, John, a New York firefighter killed while responding to the north World Trade Tower during the terrorist attacks. McAvoy’s best friend also was killed in the north tower on Sept. 11, 2001. [Mike Sakal/Tribune]
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Sun City West firefighter Bill Marshall at the Tempe Healing Field to mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. Marshall, who was marking the 23rd anniversary of being a firefighter on Tuesday, commemorates the event by participating in the Sept. 11 Rememberance Run and Walk in Glendale by wearing full gear. [Mike Sakal/Tribune]
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An attendee of the city of Tempe and Exchange Club of Tempe’s Sept. 11 commemoration event at Tempe Beach Park’s Healing Field, reads the story about one of the victims who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that is attached to one of the 2,977 flag poles. Each American flag at Tempe Beach Park represents a person who died in the attacks. [Mike Sakal/Tribune]
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Joseph Lutrario, a part-time resident of Mesa and New York and a former New York city policeman who helped to evacuate children from the day care center inside the north World Trade Tower during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, was inside the south tower when it collapsed. Buried alive and injured, Lutrarior later helped during the recovery efforts at Ground Zero. Lutrario was the keynot speaker during the city of Tempe’s Sept. 11 commemoration event at Tempe Beach Park’s Healing Field on Tuesday evening. [Mike Sakal/Tribune]
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