Parkesburg to Mark 25th Anniversary of 9/11 with Bell Tolling
Keystone Valley Fire Department will toll its station bell at the moments of the 2001 attacks; flags at borough sites will be flown at half-staff by mayoral order on Sept. 11, 2026.
Tomorrow, Sept. 11, 2026, marks the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks; the Keystone Valley Fire Department will sound its station bell at the following times to honor those lost and first responders: 8:46 AM (North Tower struck by American Airlines Flight 11), 9:03 AM (South Tower struck by American Airlines Flight 175), 9:37 AM (Pentagon struck by American Airlines Flight 77), 9:59 AM (South Tower collapses), 10:03 AM (United Airlines Flight 93 crashes in Somerset, PA), and 10:28 AM (North Tower collapses). At Mayor John P. Hagan II's direction, flags at the Municipal Complex and the Keystone Valley Fire Department will be lowered to half‑mast at 8:30 AM on Sept. 11 and remain until sunset; the Keystone Valley Fire Department and the Parkesburg Borough Police Department will pray for, honor, and offer support to the families who lost loved ones. The notice includes the Joseph Campbell quote: "A HERO IS SOMEONE WHO HAS GIVEN HIS OR HER LIFE TO SOMETHING BIGGER THAN ONESELF."