By Lindsay Carey Staff Writer Members of the community gathered for an anniversary ceremony around the 9/11 monuments between Summer and Main Street at 8:46 a.m., the time the first plane struck the twin towers, to remember the lives lost 13 years ago. At 8:46 a.m., the bells of the Congregational Church rang 11 times and the ceremony proceeded with Amazing Grace on bagpipe and wreaths laid at the foot of each of the two monuments. One monument is dedicated the civilians that lost their lives and the other monument is dedicated the firefighters and police officers that died trying to save others. Roger Mathieu, a former volunteer Southington firefighter for Company 2, led the ceremony. His family donated the monuments to the town in 2003. His son, Marc Mathieu and his wife Stacy, own Mathieu Memorials in Southington, a business that creates and installs memorial pieces. “We just wanted to do something that was meaningful here in Southington,” said Marc Mathieu. “It’s important to recognize the people that passed away and the people that worked in the aftermath as well.” Despite the monuments having been installed years ago, Roger Mathieu said that a lot of people in town didn’t […]
By Lindsay Carey Staff Writer Members of the community gathered for an anniversary ceremony around the 9/11 monuments between Summer and Main Street at 8:46 a.m., the time the first plane struck the twin towers, to remember the lives lost 13 years ago. At 8:46 a.m., the bells of the Congregational Church rang 11 times and the ceremony proceeded with Amazing Grace on bagpipe and wreaths laid at the foot of each of the two monuments. One monument is dedicated the civilians that lost their lives and the other monument is dedicated the firefighters and police officers that died trying to save others. Roger Mathieu, a former volunteer Southington firefighter for Company 2, led the ceremony. His family donated the monuments to the town in 2003. His son, Marc Mathieu and his wife Stacy, own Mathieu Memorials in Southington, a business that creates and installs memorial pieces. “We just wanted to do something that was meaningful here in Southington,” said Marc Mathieu. “It’s important to recognize the people that passed away and the people that worked in the aftermath as well.” Despite the monuments having been installed years ago, Roger Mathieu said that a lot of people in town didn’t […]