In recognition of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, DC, and the crash in rural Pennsylvania, the Michigan House of Representatives held a ceremony Thursday to honor those Michigan citizens that lost their lives in the attacks on the United States as well as express gratitude to Michigan’s first responders.
Each member of the House representing a district who lost constituents on 9/11 read the names of the deceased and made remarks. The House and guests also heard from a survivor of the attacks. Michigan economist Patrick Anderson was in the World Trade Center Complex when the planes hit and spoke to the event’s impact on his life.