Community members join firefighters for 9/11 memorial, climbing the stairs at USU

LOGAN — Residents joined local firefighters Thursday night in remembering the emergency responders and others who lost their lives September 11, 2001. The group of more than 200 ran up and down the stairs inside the football stadium at Utah State University.

Participants gathered at the south concourse, just as the sun was beginning to set. The memorial began with the Scotsman Drum & Pipes Corp, followed by a flag ceremony, students performing the Stars Spangled Banner and Taps, along with a moment of silence.

Logan City Fire Battalion Chief John Cox noted how the recent killings of Charlie Kirk, and Tremonton-Garland officers Lee Sorensen and Eric Estrada, have been hard to process emotionally, similar to the terrorists attacks. However, despite the horrific events on 9/11, in the days