Fort Hamilton commemorates 9/11 with heartrending ceremony
The flag flew at half-staff against a clear blue sky over the Fort Hamilton Army Base’s garrison headquarters as it commemorated the 12th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Colonel Eluyn Gines, Fort Hamilton’s garrison commander, recalled the events of that tragic day.
“For all of us, the events of September 11 will be engrained in our memory. The attacks still feel like yesterday. We will never forget the image of planes flying into the World Trade Center, smoke rising from the Pentagon and heroes in that Pennsylvania field,” Gines said to a crowd of nearly 100 gathered on a lawn under the warm summer sun.