Elkridge Volunteer Fire Department Remembers September 11
The fire department stood at attention on Old Washington Road on Sunday for the 10-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
Members of the Elkridge Volunteer Fire Department stood outside the firehouse on Old Washington Road on Sunday to remember those who died in the terrorist attacks 10 years before. "At 8:30 a.m., the apparatus [fire trucks] rolled out," said Jay Mathews, who participated in the 9/11 ceremony in Elkridge as part of the honor guard. Firefighters listened to the 9/11 ceremony that was simulcast from the Howard County Public Safety Training Center in Marriottsville from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., with heads bowed. "A pear tree was found in the smoldering rubble of the World Trade Center," said the broadcast. According to the speaker, the pear tree measured 8 feet when it was rescued after Sept. 11, 2001. Now, it's been placed in the Bronx, where …
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