Lemoore volunteers raised their American flag on Wednesday, and it flew majestically at the intersection of Fox and C streets.
Yes, it has been 18 years since terrorists hijacked airplanes and brought down the twin towers of the World Trade Center. The commemoration of "ground zero" is an annual rite of passage. Every year, family members and others gather at the rebuilt site and recite the names of those who died that fateful day. Similar services were held at the Pentagon where a hijacked jet slammed into the Pentagon killing 184 victims, including Lemoore's Otis Tolbert, a Navy officer killed that day.