Wednesday, September 12, 2012
An estimated 1,000 to 1,500 people from around Pinellas County attended the unveiling of Palm Harbor's 9/11 memorial Tuesday morning at Curlew Hills Memory Gardens.
Residents of North Pinellas County now have a permanent memorial honoring the victims of the September 11 attacks. The large crowd that turned out at Curlew Hills Memory Gardens in Palm Harbor for Tuesday's unveiling of the memorial was proof of the community's strong desire to remember those killed in the attacks. A thousand programs were printed for the memorial, and all were distributed to guests shortly after 9 a.m. When the ceremony started at 10:02 a.m., cars were still backed up on Curlew Road almost all the way to U.S. 19 waiting to get in. "There were easily 1,000 to 1,500 people at the memorial," said Keenan Knopke, President of Curlew Hills Memory Gardens. The 9/11 memorial was more than a year in the making. It features a …
Monday, September 12, 2011
The memorial, created by Sgt. Tracy Schofield, finds a fitting home at a school that produces first responders and criminal justice majors.
Hundreds of people gathered at Pinellas Park High School early Sunday morning to witness the unveiling of a special memorial created to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The memorial, which was the brain child of Pinellas Park police Sgt. Tracey Schofield, also serves as a reminder to the students who participate in the school’s First Responders and Criminal Justice programs of the importance of the career path they choose. “These are the future public servants of our community,” Schofield said. “Part of their education here is to have them understand just how blessed they are to be public servants.” “One of these days, the kids who are freshmen in this school are going to become police chiefs, fire chiefs….Because they…
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Firefighters and police gathered to commemorate the first responders who lost their lives during the 9/11 terrorism attacks.
ST. PETERSBURG – They represented the 343 firefighters and 77 police officers who died in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001, responding to the attacks on the Twin Towers. They are first responders from Tampa Bay communities and beyond who gathered in downtown St. Petersburg early Sunday to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and the men and women who sacrificed their lives trying to rescue others. Filling a large rectangle of North Straub Park, approximately 275 firefighters and police officers posed in full uniform for a group photo. They wore their heavy gear on a hot Florida morning, but there was not one word of complaint. Everyone wanted to be in the large group photo; several group shots were taken from cranes, which gave aerial …
Louis Sclafani
11:20 pm on Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Sgt. Schofield should be commended for making this happen. Very proud to have a brick here. Plenty of room for more. Let's get them all filled in by next year! more ›