Public safety agencies and communities across the Southland commemorated the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks Thursday, including an annual remembrance ceremony featuring bagpipers, a helicopter flyover and the ringing of “10-Bells” in Elysian Park.

Interim Chief Ronnie Villanueva of the Los Angeles Fire Department joined Mayor Karen Bass, County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell and Sheriff Robert Luna, among other elected officials and distinguished guests, for the annual 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at the LAFD’s Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center, 1700 Stadium Way at 9 a.m.

“Since 2002, this ceremony allowed for all of us to gather and honor the memory of those lost and also salute the bravery of those who responde

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