Patriot Day serves as a memorial to the 2,998 who lost their lives on that day as well as the more than 6,291 injured.
At precisely 8:46 a.m., the exact moment the first tower of the World Trade Center was struck by the hijacked jetliner, members of the Mount Pleasant Fire Department’s Honor Guard began a procession down the pier to the USS Yorktown, accompanied by a bagpiper from the Charleston Police Department Bagpipe Band and escorted by students from Moultrie Middle School. The procession ended in Hangar Bay III aboard the USS Yorktown where local dignitaries and guests participated in remembering that horrible day.
Patriots Point Interim Executive Director, Dick Trammell, offered remarks followed by prayer. The service concluded with the lighting of candles and the laying of a wreath in Charleston Harbor by Mount Pleasant’s Mayor Pro Tem Kruger Smith and students from Moultrie Middle School.
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