{"id":396831,"date":"2026-09-11T12:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T12:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/396831\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T12:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T12:22:08","slug":"fort-lauderdale-community-paying-tribute-to-victims-and-first-responders-on-25th-anniversary-of-9-11-attacks-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/396831\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Lauderdale community paying tribute to victims and first responders on 25th anniversary of 9\/11 attacks &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; The Fort Lauderdale community is paying tribute on the 25th anniversary of the tragic Sept. 11 attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friday morning, a visible and powerful reminder was hung above one of Fort Lauderdale\u2019s busiest roads as two Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue trucks suspended a massive American flag over Broward Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The flag is a tribute to the nearly 3,000 people who were killed on Sept. 11 and the first responders who ran towards danger that morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among those killed were over 400 members of law enforcement who answered the call and never made it home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over 2,500 civilians lost their lives and over the last 25 years, more than 5,000 others have died from 9-11 related illnesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspended flag will remain over Broward Boulevard throughout Monday morning through around 10 a.m., giving drivers a chance to look up and remember.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It serves as a reminder that the sacrifice that was made 25 years ago will never be forgotten.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At 9:30 a.m., the City of Fort Lauderdale will hold its annual remembrance ceremony that will be held at the Fort Lauderdale Fire and Safety Museum on Las Olas Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; The Fort Lauderdale community is paying tribute on the 25th anniversary of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-396831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}