Lawrence, Mercer County

20th Anniversary of 9/11 Remembered In Lawrence Township

September 11, 2021

LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–Two 9/11 ceremonies were held in the township today. At 8:00 a.m., a remembrance ceremony was held at the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs; 101 Eggerts Crossing Road, Lawrence Township. The Lawrence Township 9/11 Memorial Ceremony; was held at 8:30 a.m. at Memorial Park, Pilla Avenue, Lawrence Township.

The Lawrence Township 9/11 Memorial Ceremony; was held at 8:30 a.m. at Memorial Park, Pilla Avenue, Lawrence Township.
  • Firefighter Thomas Ruane tolls the bell for American Airlines Flight 11, which struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center, during the remembrance ceremony at the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs in Lawrenceville on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pa., Sept. 11, 2021. Ruane is a captain in the New Jersey Army National Guard. (New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs photo by Mark C. Olsen)
  • Police Officer Ethan Ramos tolls the bell for United Airlines Flight 175, which struck the South Tower of the World Trade Center during the remembrance ceremony at the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs in Lawrenceville on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pa., Sept. 11, 2021. Ramos is a sergeant in the New Jersey Army National Guard. (New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs photo by Mark C. Olsen)
  • U.S. Army 1st Sgt. David Porter, New Jersey Army National Guard, tolls the bell for American Airlines Flight 77, which struck the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., during the remembrance ceremony at the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs in Lawrenceville on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pa., Sept. 11, 2021. (New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs photo by Mark C. Olsen)
  • Vicki Ragucci tolls the bell for United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pa., during the remembrance ceremony at the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs in Lawrenceville on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pa., Sept. 11, 2021. (New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs photo by Mark C. Olsen)
  • U.S. Army Bugler Sgt. Andy D. Challman, 63rd Army Band, New Jersey Army National Guard, performs Taps during the remembrance ceremony at the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs in Lawrenceville on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pa., Sept. 11, 2021. (New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs photo by Mark C. Olsen)
  • U.S. Army Soldiers and U.S. Air Force Airmen with the New Jersey National Guard bow their heads in prayer and reflection of the twentieth anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 during a ceremony on the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs campus in Lawrenceville, N.J., Sept. 11, 2021. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)
  • A Veteran bows his head in prayer and reflection of the twentieth anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 during a ceremony on the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs campus in Lawrenceville, N.J., Sept. 11, 2021. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)
  • U.S. Army Soldiers and U.S. Air Force Airmen with the New Jersey National Guard, veterans, and guests salute the U.S. Flag during a 9/11 ceremony on the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs campus in Lawrenceville, N.J., Sept. 11, 2021. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)
  • U.S. Army Soldiers with the New Jersey National Guard and veterans bow their heads in prayer and reflection of the twentieth anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 during a ceremony on the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs campus in Lawrenceville, N.J., Sept. 11, 2021. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)