{"id":284628,"date":"2026-09-12T18:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T18:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/284628\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T18:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T18:14:12","slug":"area-fire-departments-raise-flag-over-west-12th-peninsula-in-honor-of-9-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/284628\/","title":{"rendered":"Area fire departments raise flag over West 12th, Peninsula in honor of 9\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For over 20 years, local fire departments have been raising a flag in Millcreek Township on the anniversary of 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p>West Ridge and West Lake Fire Departments\u2019 tower trucks raised the giant flag over West 12th and Peninsula Drive Friday evening, with help from crews from Belle Valley and Millcreek Township Fire Departments.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/locals-recount-story-of-eries-9-11-memorial\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\tLocals recount story of Erie\u2019s 9\/11 memorial\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Organizers said the flag is raised annually to honor and pay respects not only to the civilians and first responders who lost their lives saving others, but also the families and friends faced with grief following the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it affected the whole country, so any little bit that anybody can do to show some appreciation for the people that gave their lives, I think that\u2019s important,\u201d said West Lake Fire Department Captain Chris Hermann.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Hermann said the tribute is a simple yet meaningful way to bring everyone together in our community and pay respects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For over 20 years, local fire departments have been raising a flag in Millcreek Township on the anniversary&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-284628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}