9-11 Terror Victims Memorialized in Hermosa Beach
Police chaplain Gila Katz addresses more than 200 people at a 9-11 memorial ceremony. Photo The victims of a terror attack nine years ago and 2,800 miles away were recalled on Sept. 11, 2010 with the unveiling of a memorial bench on the greenbelt parkway near Hermosa Beach City Hall. A gathering of more than 200 people, including U.S. Air Force personnel, airline pilots and flight attendants, Hermosa police and firefighters and city officials were on hand Saturday as a blue tarpaulin was lifted from the bench, which is festooned with 2,998 buttons representing each victim of the 9-11 terror attacks, along with flight attendant wings from American and United airlines, and badge pins from the New York police and fire departments. “We will forever let this monument serve as a reminder of those who lost their lives,” Gabrielle Wolf, president of the Builders Club at Hermosa Valley School, told the gathering. The Builders Club collected the buttons for the bench, writing to celebrities and politicians among others. Major roles in the bench program were also played by Hermosa Kiwanis, who sponsor the Builders Club, and the Hermosa Beach Police Department’s chaplain program. Chaplain…
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