Updated 09/11/2008 05:12 PM
Broome County holds remembrance ceremony
BROOME COUNTY, N.Y. -- At 8:46 a.m., Broome County held a somber seventh anniversary ceremony. It marked the exact time the first plane crashed into the Twin Towers on 9/11.
People say it's important to mark the tragedy each year and never forget.
"This is a brotherhood and the pain is never going to go away. This day will always be a big day in every firefighter's life," said Binghamton Fire Department Captain Christopher Ballard.
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"Whether or not you knew anybody or not, you have some kind of connection. The community had a connections, families, students. I think that as Americans, they were all our people," said BC Emergency Services Coordinator Brett Chellis.
Politicians and law enforcement from the state, county and local levels were all present for the ceremony.