Naperville Exchange Club's 9/11 remembrance ceremony

WHO:

Naperville Mayor A. George Pradel

Naperville City Council members

U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Richard Porterfield

Don and Pat Shanower, parents of Naperville native Cmdr. Dan Shanower, who was killed in

the attack on the Pentagon

Naperville Exchange Club members

WHAT:

On the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Naperville Exchange Club is sponsoring the annual September 11 remembrance at the Cmdr. Dan Shanower Memorial. Cmdr. Dan Shanower was a Naperville native

who was killed in the terrorist attack on the Pentagon.

U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Richard Porterfield will be the keynote speaker at this year's event. Rear Admiral Porterfield retired from active duty on June 1, 2005, and was assigned to the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Cmdr. Dan Shanower of Naperville worked for the admiral as the senior officer in the Chief of Naval Operations Intelligence Plot (CNO-IP). The admiral selected Cmdr. Shanower to lead CNO-IP, the Navy's elite intelligence organization serving senior Navy civilian and military officials, due to the admiral's personal knowledge of Cmdr. Shanower's extraordinary skills as a leader and intelligence professional.

On September 9 and 10, two World War II search lights will also be placed behind the Municipal Center with their beams of light meant to represent the World Trade Center's Twin Towers that fell during the September 11 terrorist attacks. The lights will be on display from dusk until 11 p.m.

WHEN:

1 p.m. on Sunday, September 11. Music before the ceremony will begin at 12:30 p.m.

WHERE:

Cmdr. Dan Shanower Memorial, located along the Riverwalk behind the Naperville Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St. In the event of inclement weather, the event will take place inside the Municipal Center.