Cities throughout western Riverside County on Thursday will mark the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks with flag ceremonies, patriotic reflections and other commemorative events.

In Corona, a remembrance service is slated for 5 a.m. Thursday in the Historic Civic Center at 815 W. Sixth St., where Corona Chamber of Commerce officials will be joined by city representatives and others to pay homage to the 2,977 people killed as a result of the terrorist acts.

Over a roughly three-hour period, attendees will read the names of all those confirmed killed.

Moments of silence and bell rings are scheduled to mark the exact times when hijacked airliners struck the Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, and when a fourth crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

The serv

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