September 11 ceremonies honor courage, service, determination
Framed by the pillars of the 9/11 Memorial in Moses Lake's Civic Park, Joshua Oord of the Moses Lake Fire Department plays "Taps."
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Everett Rimple, a firefighting student at Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center, pays tribute to first responders and others who died in the September 11, 2001 terror attacks by ringing a ceremonial bell, a tradition in the fire service. Criminal justice instructor Dave Ruffin stands at attention.
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Moses Lake firefighters and students in the Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center firefighting class salute as the ceremony in honor of 9/11 begins.
From left: Emma Gonzalez, Witten Schmidt and Aiden Ray raise the American flag during the ceremony commemorating 9/11 at Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center.
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MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake residents, Moses Lake Fire Department and Moses Lake Police department personnel, Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center students and staff paid tribute to the people who died, and who were saved, during the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, in ceremonies Friday.
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