On Tuesday, residents both locally and nationally will pause to reflect on the events of Sept. 11, 2001.
Nearly 3,000 people died as part of a terror plot when airplanes steered into the World Trade Center and Pentagon along with a related plane crash near Shanksville, Penn.
The city of Emporia is not having a ceremony this year, either formal or informal. However, residents are encouraged to drive to the Interstate 35 Melvern exit at mile marker 160 to participate in Random Acts of Patriotism. The event goes from sunrise to sunset.
