The South Haven Area Emergency Services Honor Guard marked Patriot Day on Thursday with a ceremony at the South Haven Firefighters Memorial.
SHAES says in honor of the 343 members of the New York City Fire Department who died on 9/11, it stood guard with a vigil that ran from 8:46 a.m. to 10:28 a.m. 8:45 is the time the first plane hit the World Trade Center north tower, while 10:28 is the time the tower collapsed.
Also, as SHAES was standing guard at the memorial, other members climbed 2,071 steps at the department’s training building. The stair climbing represented the number of stairs in the 110 stories of the north tower.
