FAIRMONT —
After 11 years, most of us can still remember where we were when we first heard that terrorists had attacked the World Trade Center, destroying an iconic symbol of America’s prosperity and security.
We remember our emotions as planes struck the Twin Towers, clinging to hopes as the emergency responders dug through the rubble, completely and utterly unsure of what would happen next.
And after 11 years, culturally, we still have many lessons to learn from a day that will be remembered as one of the most tragic in American history.
The Greater Fairmont Council of Churches hosted a vigil service at Fairmont’s First Presbyterian Church honoring the county’s first-responders and asking for divine assistance as we all try, day by day, to live at peace in a violent world.
Michael Richards, pastor of Boothsville, Janes Memorial and Eldora United Methodist churches and compiler of the evening’s liturgy, said that the service, in memory of the terrorist attacks that brought a nation to its knees, was an attempt to move beyond the tragedy in a positive direction.
“One of the things that I tried to emphasize in the liturgy that I selected was the need not to judge so much what has taken place as to move past that and kind of envision a more just future,” he said.
This theme of ongoing peace in a world where violence and confusion seem the norm was seen in the service’s prayers, hymns and litanies.
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First-responders from around the county are recognized at a vigil service hosted by the Greater Fairmont Council of Churches at First Presbyterian Church in Fairmont in remembrance of 9/11. The service focused on the sacrifices of first-responders and the need to live peacefully in a chaotic and violent world. PHOTO BY TAMMY SHRIVER
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