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Patriot Day Prayer Ceremony Planned at 9/11 Memorial on Tuesday

The Oak Lawn Rotary is holding a remembrance ceremony at 7:46 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11 at the First Responder monument in the Oak Lawn Metra Station.

The Oak Lawn Rotary Club is hosting a remembrance ceremony honoring the first responders of Sept. 11, 2001.

The ceremony starts at 7:46 a.m. on Tuesday, September 11, the moment that the first hijacked plane flew into the World Trade Center eleven years ago. The public is encouraged to attend.

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A brief prayer service will be held at the site of theat the Oak Lawn Metra Station at 95th Street and Museum Drive. The monument includes four beams from the fallen World Trade Center.

Afterward, the public is invited for a tour of the at the adjacent to the monument at 5100 Museum Drive. The exhibit also includes two small beam pieces from the World Trade Center towers.

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