Fairfax County’s public safety agencies and county leaders will hold a remembrance ceremony on Friday, Sept. 11, at 10:10 a.m. commemorating all those impacted 25 years ago by the 2001 event. The ceremony will take place at the county’s Public Safety Headquarters in Fairfax, though the public is invited to watch the ceremony live online.

The ceremony will be opened by Deputy Fire Chief Bill Betz, who was on site at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. Other speakers for the program include Lt. Governor Ghazala Hashmi, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeffrey McKay, Fairfax County Fire Chief John Butler, Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis and Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid. We will then honor Master Police Officer Donald Gotthardt Jr. and Fire Battalion Chief Michael Tamillow, two members of Fairfax County public safety who passed away from September 11-related causes.