Photos from a first responder motorcade and ceremony from the Never Forgotten: The 20th Anniversary of 9/11 remembrance event Saturday morning at the Chris Kyle Memorial.
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Members of Odessa Fire Rescue and the Odessa Police Department chat before the start of a 9/11 remembrance motorcade procession to the Chris Kyle Memorial Saturday morning at the intersection of Kermit Highway and 42nd Street. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Ector County Sheriff’s Office deputy Jeannie Martinez walks between first responders vehicles to meet with her fellow deputies before the start of a 9/11 remembrance motorcade procession Saturday morning at the intersection of Kermit Highway and 42nd Street. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
First responder across Odessa and Ector County assemble in the parking lot of a Stripes gas station before taking part in a Sep.11 remembrance procession Saturday morning at the intersection of Kermit Highway and 42nd Street. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Members of Odessa Fire Rescue and the Ector County Sheriff’s Office chat before the start of a 9/11 remembrance motorcade procession to the Chris Kyle Memorial Saturday morning at the intersection of Kermit Highway and 42nd Street. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Ector County Sheriff Mike Griffis wears a Thin Blue Line Tie and a mourning band over his badge in remembrance of the first responders who lost their lives in the Sep. 11 terror attacks Saturday morning before taking part in a memorial motorcade at the intersection of Kermit Highway and 42nd Street. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
From left, Jo Ann Joven, Mayor Javier Joven, and Sheriff Mike Griffis talk with U.S. Rep. August Pfluger (TX-11) before the start of a 9/11 remembrance motorcade procession to the Chris Kyle Memorial Saturday morning at the intersection of Kermit Highway and 42nd Street. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
U.S. Rep. August Pfluger (TX-11), center, talks with members of Odessa Fire Rescue before the start of a 9/11 remembrance motorcade procession to the Chris Kyle Memorial Saturday morning at the intersection of Kermit Highway and 42nd Street. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Odessa Police Department Chief Michael Gerke, left, wears a mourning band over his badge in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the Sep. 11 terror attacks Saturday morning before taking part in a memorial motorcade at the intersection of Kermit Highway and 42nd Street. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Deputies of the Ector County Sheriff’s Office bow their heads in prayer at the start of the Never Forgotten: The 20th Anniversary of 9/11 memorial ceremony Saturday morning at the Chris Kyle Memorial. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Sean Flannery, left, takes photos of a first responder motorcade on their way to the Never Forgotten: The 20th Anniversary of 9/11 memorial ceremony Saturday morning as it passes Memorial Garden Park on 42nd Street. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
A first responder motorcade passes by Memorial Garden Park on 42nd Street as they make their way towards the Chris Kyle Memorial to take part in a wreath laying ceremony in remembrance of the Sep. 11 terror attacks Saturday morning in Odessa. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
U.S. Rep. August Pfluger (TX-11) takes a video of Memorial Garden Park as he passes by while taking part in a first responder motorcade as they make their way to the Chris Kyle Memorial to take part in a wreath laying ceremony in remembrance of the Sep. 11 terror attacks Saturday morning in Odessa. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
City Council At-Large Denise Swanner, District 2 City Councilman Mark Matta and deputies of the Ector County Sheriff’s Office stand for the National Anthem during a Sep. 11 memorial ceremony Saturday morning at the Chris Kyle Memorial. Just prior, first responders from Odessa and Ector County took part in a motorcade procession that began at the intersection of Kermit Highway and 42nd Street and ended at the Chris Kyle Memorial. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
U.S. Rep. August Pfluger (TX-11), center, and members of Odessa Fire Rescue stand for the National Anthem at the start of a memorial ceremony in remembrance of the Sep. 11 terror attacks Saturday morning at the Chris Kyle Memorial. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
U.S. Rep. August Pfluger (TX-11), second from left, speaks with Ector County Sheriff Mike Griffis, Odessa Fire Rescue Chief John Alvarez and Odessa Police Department Chief Michael Gerke before the start of a memorial ceremony in remembrance of the Sep. 11 terror attacks Saturday morning at the Chris Kyle Memorial. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
The American Flag flies from the boom arm of one of Odessa Fire Rescue’s ladder trucks during a Sep. 11 remembrance ceremony Saturday morning at the Chris Kyle Memorial. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
U.S. Rep. August Pfluger (TX-11) carries out a wreath with his daughters at the start of a wreath laying ceremony in remembrance of the Sep. 11 terror attacks Saturday morning at the Chris Kyle Memorial. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
U.S. Rep. August Pfluger (TX-11), center in blue, is joined Mayor of Odessa Javier Joven, far right, Odessa Police Department Chief Michael Gerke, second from right, Ector County Sheriff Mike Griffis, third from right, Odessa Fire Rescue Chief John Alvarez, fourth from left, local minister Brother Barnes, third from left, and his daughters as they bow their heads in a moment of silence during a wreath laying ceremony in remembrance of the Sep. 11 terror attacks Saturday morning at the Chris Kyle Memorial. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
U.S. Rep. August Pfluger (TX-11), left, presents Odessa Fire Rescue Chief John Alvarez with an American flag flown over the Capitol during a wreath laying ceremony in remembrance of the Sep. 11 terror attacks Saturday morning at the Chris Kyle Memorial. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
West Texans watch from the parking lot of the Wilson and Young VA Clinic as local first responders take part in the Never Forgotten: The 20th Anniversary of 9/11 memorial ceremony Saturday morning at the Chris Kyle Memorial. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Regional Director of the Permian Basin Better Business Bureau Dustin Fawcett, second from right, makes a short speech during the Never Forgotten: The 20th Anniversary of 9/11 ceremony Saturday morning at the Chris Kyle Memorial. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Ector County Sheriff Mike Griffis shares a few words in remembrance of those who lost their lives during the Sep. 11 terror attacks at the Never Forgotten: The 20th Anniversary of 9/11 ceremony Saturday morning at the Chris Kyle Memorial. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Odessa Police Department Chief Michael Gerke, right, shares a few words in remembrance of those who lost their lives during the Sep. 11 terror attacks at the Never Forgotten: The 20th Anniversary of 9/11 ceremony Saturday morning, Sept. 11, 2021, at the Chris Kyle Memorial. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
OFR Captain Austin Yocham cradles an American flag flown over the Capitol that was gifted to Odessa Fire Rescue by U.S. Rep. August Pfluger (TX-11) following a Sep. 11 memorial ceremony Saturday morning at the Chris Kyle Memorial. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
