At 8:46 a.m. on Sept. 11, a bell tolled inside Erie’s Blasco Memorial Library — the first of two solemn chimes that marked the moments hijacked planes struck the Twin Towers in 2001.

The chimes were a part of Erie County’s annual 9/11 memorial service inside the library’s H.O. Hirt Auditorium, where elected officials, first responders, servicemembers and residents came together to honor the nearly 3,000 lives lost — and the courage of those who rushed to help.

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