On the flight deck of the USS Midway Museum, groups of firefighters on Thursday will commemorate the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks .

The Midway event is one of several in the county memorializing the 2001 tragedy.

The Fire Department of New York Retirees of San Diego, along with the Midway, the San Diego and National City fire departments, San Diego Firefighter’s Emerald Society and The Wounded Warrior Project, will “pay tribute to our fallen heroes and keep our promise to Never Forget.”

The ceremony aboard the ship, which begins at 2:30 p.m., will include honor guards, the playing of the National Anthem, a reading of the names of 441 first responders who died in the attacks, tolling of the ship’s bells, a helicopter flyover and a 21-gun salute

Admission to the mus

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