#NEVERFORGET: The Santa Monica Police and Fire Departments commemorated the 20th Anniversary of September 11 with a solemn remembrance ceremony at Fire Station #1, Saturday, September 11, 2021. Today marks the twentieth year since the September 11 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., and Shanksville, PA. 2,977 perished that day. Of those killed, 343 were FDNY Firefighters, 60 Police Officers and 8 private EMT/Paramedics totaling 411 emergency personnel. Also included in the civilian deaths were 5 people with connections to Santa Monica. In the past nineteen years, that number has grown significantly from Ground Zero exposures and related diseases contracted from the months of working “The Pile.” #WeWillNeverForget