City, vet group join forces on 9/11 remembrance gathering

The city of Naperville and nonprofit Naperville Responds for Veterans will hold a remembrance ceremony honoring the victims and heroes of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S.

It will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, at the Cmdr. Dan Shanower Sept. 11 Memorial, located behind the Naperville Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St.

The Naperville Municipal Band will perform starting at 5:45 p.m.

This year’s speaker is Laura Murphy, who survived the attack at the World Trade Center. Murphy, who now lives in Woodridge, worked in the North Tower of the World Trade Center and descended 59 floors to escape after American Airlines Flight 11 struck the building, a city news release said.

Mayor Scott A. Wehrli, Police Chie

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