LCFD and LCPD to Commemorate 9/11

Las Cruces Fire and Las Cruces Police will recognize the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the U.S. with a static display to include the Garrison Flag, a fire apparatus and police unit, a commemorative bell ringing ceremony, and closing out with a 3-volley salute followed by the playing of TAPS.

Beginning at 8 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, members of the Las Cruces Fire and Police Department’s Honor Guards will hold a silent watch at Fire Station 1, 201 E. Picacho Avenue.

A bell ringing ceremony will commemorate each significant event from that day:

• 8:46 a.m., American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into North Tower.
• 9:03 a.m., United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into South Tower.
• 9:37 a.m., American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into Pentagon.
• 9:59 a.m., collapse of South Tower.
• 10:03 a.m., United Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, Pa.
• 10:28 a.m., collapse of North Tower.

To officially close out the silent watch at noon, Honor Guard members will carry out a 3-volley salute, followed by the playing of TAPS. The static display will remain in place throughout the evening.

Members of the public are welcome to join in the commemoration at Fire Station 1 or from across Picacho Avenue at Albert Johnson Park.