Palatine honoring 9/11 victims with memorial ceremony Sunday

The Village of Palatine will host a memorial ceremony Sunday to honor those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

The ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. at the Palatine Firefighters Memorial, at the corner of North Brockway Street and West Slade Street, in the village's downtown. It will last approximately 30 minutes.

Palatine Fire Department members and retirees will march to the memorial site from Fire Station 85, 39 E. Colfax St., and will be accompanied by the Palatine Fire Department Honor Guard and the Palatine Police Department Honor Guard.

Members of the police and fire departments will lower the flag, place a wreath at the memorial and also perform a ceremonial ringing of the bell to signify a firefighter's last call of duty.