People turned out across Palm Beach County on Sept. 11 to mark the 24th anniversary of a day that will live in infamy. The 9/11 terrorist attacks were the worst in U.S. history, killing nearly 3,000 people, many of them aboard hijacked planes turned into weapons that crashed into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon near Washington, D.C.
More than 200 people gathered at Centennial Park in Boynton Beach, for a program that included a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m., the time American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
Andrea Cerrachio cries during the 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Centennial Park and Amphitheater in Boynton Beach on Sept. 11, 2025. Cerrachio, who worked in the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York, was running late that day and never entered the buildings that were hit by planes and collapsed.
Bells tolled for those who died on 9/11, and Boynton Beach police honored them with a three-volley salute, which is a military funeral gesture. Celtic bagpipers saluted them with “Going Home,” and the Boynton Beach High School choir closed the proceedings with “Amazing Grace.”
Other communities across the county held programs throughout the day as well, including one by Palm Beach County Fire Rescue at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth Beach and a memorial stair climb at 515 Flagler Drive in West Palm Beach. Wellington was scheduled to host one at 6 p.m. at its Patriot Memorial on Forest Hill Boulevard.
A firefighter holds a program for the 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Centennial Park and Amphitheater in Boynton Beach, Florida, on September 11, 2025.
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Remembering 9/11: Palm Beach County turns out to honor the fallen