South King Fire to host annual 9/11 memorial event

South King Fire will host its annual 9/11 memorial ceremony in honor of the lives lost during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

This year’s event will begin at 1 p.m. Sept. 11 at Station 634, 3700 S. 320th St. Guest speakers include Federal Way Police Chief Andy Hwang and Col. Michael F. Keenan, U.S. Air Force (Ret.).

Station 64 is the site of the “most complete 9/11 memorial on the West Coast” with items from all three of the September 11 crash sites. These items include a limestone building block from the Pentagon, a steel beam from the World Trade Center, and a stone excavated from the field where Flight 93 crashed. Several other monuments add to the site, including a Callery Pear tree, a black granite wall with the names of the 2,977 people that died in the attack, and a pair of bronzed combat boots to honor the military personnel that battle global terrorism.