Members of the Berwyn, Paoli and Malvern Fire Companies as well as Tredyffrin Police joined the public for a ceremony to commemorate the fallen first responders of 9/11 Sunday night at Wilson Farm Park. Editor's Note: Thanks to Patch reader Eva Pastor who also attended the ceremony and shared her photos!  

U.S. Representative Patrick Meehan (R-PA7) has had a front row seat for the war one terror at the justice department and prosecution level almost from the day the planes hit the World Trade Center, The Pentagon, and the ground outside Shanksville, PA. Meehan, a former Delaware County District Attorney had been nominated for U.S. Attorney for Southeast Pennsylvania in the first months of the George W. Bush presidency. Like countless other Bush nominations, it was stalled in the Senate in the intensely partisan and divisive months following the Supreme Court ruling that gave Bush the White …

U.S Representative Jim Gerlach (R-PA6) remembers exactly where he was when the first plane hit the World Trade Center. Ten years later Gerlach is a congressman from the Sixth Congressional District. He says we've come a long way, but there are still some areas the nation should be focused on in the war on terrorism. Click on the clips to hear Congressman Gerlach talk about his 9/11 perspective.

Local first responders, like the people they serve, were affected by the events of September 11, 2001. Eamon Brazunas, a volunteer Captain with the Berwyn Fire Company, is like many of his fellow firefighters in Berwyn, Paoli and Radnor as well as around the nation. He was a freshman in college at Kent State University in Ohio. He was already a volunteer firefighter. Capt. Brazunas comes from a family of firefighters. He felt the same frustration that many first responders outside of the New York metro area have expressed about watching the events unfold on television. Click on the clips to …

Members of the Berwyn Fire Company invite the public to join them in commeorating the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001. The fire company posted this schedule on its website Sunday. On Friday, members of the Fire Company took part in a mass to honor fallen first responders at Devon Prep in Devon. Click on the clip to see the tolling of the fire bell from the company's vintage fire truck, struck in honor of the memory of the first responders who died on 9/11. On the 10th Anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2001, the Berwyn Fire Company will participate in several area memorial …

People in the communities of Tredyffrin and Easttown will mark the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States in ways ranging from quiet reflection to continued public service. There will be a ceremony to mark the anniversary this evening at 5:45 Wilson Farm Park prior to the rescheduled Cool Beans summer concert. Millions of people across the country were affected by the 9/11 attacks. Some experienced the tragic loss of a loved one, some found an inspiring way to help those who were grieving, and others experienced a political awakening.  To help reflect the endless diversity…

Police officers and firefighters from Florida, Texas and the Carolinas bicycled through the Upper Main Line Friday morning as part of the fourth annual Brotherhood Ride in honor of fallen firefighters and police officers. They planned to arrive at Ground Zero Saturday afternoon for 9/11 anniversary events in New York City. Their 1,600 mile trek from Naples, Fl to the Big Apple travelled right along the Upper Main Line on Friday morning.  The riders went from Coatesville, PA to Princeton, NJ on day 21 of the 22 day cycling trip. The riders were escorted by local police and firefighters from …

U.S. Representative Patrick Meehan (R-PA7) honored the memory of a friend who was killed aboard one of the planes that were hijacked and flown into the World Trade Center. Meehan made his remarks Friday afternoon in the House chamber. Meehan was nominated and confirmed as a U.S. Attorney in the aftermath of the attacks. He says the job may have given him a perspective on the attacks others did not have.

Pastor John Draper of Paoli Baptist Church answers the question "What have you, and we as a nation, learned in the decade since the September 11 attacks?" What have you learned?

Where were you on September 11, 2001? TE Patch would like to hear from you. Were you in school back then? Were you on your way to work?  Everybody has a story and we'd like to share as many as possible this week. Leave a note in the comments section or send an email to the editor: Bob.Byrne@Patch.Com Everyone has a story I had just put my oldest child on the school bus to kindergarten on that sunsplashed, blue sky morning. It was a Tuesday and I was freelancing for Food Network in New York, writing from home in suburban Philadelphia two days a week and travelling up to Manhattan to edit video…