PHOTOS: 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot's Day

Ret. Air Force Col. Brian Hastings, director of the EMA for the State of Alabama, speaks about his personal experience while in Texas on Sept. 11, 2001 during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

A member of the Mountain Brook Police Honor Guard lays a wreath in front of a piece of steel from one of the World Trade Centers, received from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as part of the artifacts that were taken and preserved as lasting tribute to the men and women that lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, during the tolling of the bell portion of the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

A piece of steel from one of the World Trade Centers, received from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as part of the artifacts that were taken and preserved as lasting tribute to the men and women that lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, is displayed at the corner of Hoyt Street and Oak Street as residents of the greater Birmingham area attend the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

A member of the Mountain Brook Police Honor Guard lays a wreath in front of a piece of steel from one of the World Trade Centers, received from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as part of the artifacts that were taken and preserved as lasting tribute to the men and women that lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, during the tolling of the bell portion of the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

A Mountain Brook firefighter rings the bell during the tolling of the bell ceremony honoring the lives of the first responders and men and women that lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001 during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

Dignitaries listen and watch as the Mountain Brook High School symphonic band performs during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

Fire and police chiefs for Homewood, Mountain Brook and Vestavia Hills stand on the stage during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

Residents of the greater Birmingham area stand with American flags as Ret. Air Force Col. Brian Hastings gives the keynote speech during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

Ret. Air Force Col. Brian Hastings, director of the EMA for the State of Alabama, speaks about his personal experience while in Texas on Sept. 11, 2001 during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

Residents of the greater Birmingham area stand with American flags as Ret. Air Force Col. Brian Hastings gives the keynote speech during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

A pit bull named Lucy looks around as she stands with her owner during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

Ret. Air Force Col. Brian Hastings, director of the EMA for the State of Alabama, speaks about his personal experience while in Texas on Sept. 11, 2001 during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

A custom challenge coin commemorating the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

Congressman Gary Palmer speaks during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

Members of the Vestavia Hills, Mountain Brook and Homewood police and fire departments stand in salute during the National Anthem at the beginning of the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

Members of the Vestavia Hills, Mountain Brook and Homewood fire and police departments stand in salute during the National Anthem at the beginning of the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

Members of the Homewood, Mountain Brook and Vestavia Hills police and fire departments attend the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

Ret. Col. Brian Hastings speaks with Mayor Ashley Curry, with the City of Vestavia Hills, following the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

Ret. Col. Brian Hastings, right, speaks with Mayor Patrick McClusky, center, and Mayor Stewart Welch following the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

Mayor Stewart Welch, of the City of Mountain Brook, speaks during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

Dignitaries listen and watch as the Mountain Brook High School symphonic band performs during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

The Mountain Brook High School symphonic band performs during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

Ret. Col. Brian Hastings speaks with Mayor Patrick McClusky, left, and Mayor Stewart Welch following the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

Ret. Air Force Col. Brian Hastings, director of the EMA for the State of Alabama, speaks about his personal experience while in Texas on Sept. 11, 2001 during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

Residents of the greater Birmingham area stand with American flags as Ret. Air Force Col. Brian Hastings gives the keynote speech during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

Ret. Air Force Col. Brian Hastings, director of the EMA for the State of Alabama, speaks about his personal experience while in Texas on Sept. 11, 2001 during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.

Jack Royer, Mountain Brook native and news anchor for CBS 42, speaks during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Patriot’s Day on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. held at the Mountain Brook Fire Department in Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.