The McKeesport Alliance Church would like to invite the community to join us for our September 11 Memorial Service on Sunday, September 11, 2011. At 9:03 a parade will will be begin at White Oak EMS and proceed to 938 Summit Street. The parade will include vehicles from the fire, police and emergency medical departments in McKeesport and White Oak including the Motorcycle Patrol Unit and Color Guard of the McKeesport City Police Department. The participating vehicles will travel down Lincoln Way, turn onto O’Neal Blvd, and then onto Summit Street. We encourage the community to come out and show their support to our local first responders. At 9:30, a fellowship with coffee and donuts is planned at the church. The Memorial Service will begin at 10 am.
Each year the McKeesport Alliance Church has held a service to honor our local first responders. With this being the 10th Anniversary of the September 11 attacks, we wanted to do something special. The start time of 9:03 for the parade was chosen because it was the aproximate time that Flight 175 crashed into the South Tower of the Word Trade Center. The memorial service has been planned to remember the thousands who lost their lives on September 11, 2001 in New York, Washington DC, and on Flight 93, including 343 New York City Fire Fighters, 23 New York City Police Officers, 37 Port Authority Police Officers, and 15 Emergency Medical Officers. The service is also to provide an opportunity to thank our local first responders for their service to our community. Departments from Versailles Borough, Dravosburg, and Coulter were also invited to participate.