A somber reminder

Members of the Jefferson Cougar Air Force Jr. ROTC open Independent Fire Company’s 9/11 Remembrance ceremony Tuesday in Ranson. The observance, which began at 9:58 a.m., when the first of the World Trade Center towers collapsed, included remarks by Ed Hannon, the deputy director of Jefferson County’s Emergency Services Agency, along with the singing of the National Anthem by Washington High School student Haelly Ramirez.