Several organizations in San Diego County will hold memorials and remembrances this weekend to remember those lost on 9/11.
SAN DIEGO - As the nation mourns the loss of 2,977 people who perished 21 years ago in the terrorist attacks on 9/11, several organizations around San Diego County will hold memorials and remembrances this weekend.
Funds raised will go to FirefighterAid, a San Diego-based nonprofit that provides charitable assistance to firefighters and families in crisis, and promotes awareness of firefighter health and safety issues and the impacts they have upon families and communities. National City will hold a remembrance ceremony between 8:45 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. at National City Fire Station No. 34.
On Sunday, San Diego State University's Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps will place 2,977 individual flags in the ground on the south end of Hepner Hall -- representing each victim of the 2001 attack.
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