Hundreds pay tribute at Cal Expo in Sacramento

On Sunday, hundreds of people came together at Cal Expo to pay tribute to the victims and honor the survivors of 9/11. People from near and far to the Capital city came to the September 11 Memorial Plaza, which is where a large beam from the North World Trade Center Tower sits. Melanie Coppin now lives in Sacramento, but in 2001 when the 9/11 attacks happened, she lived in New York with her young children.”I got an alert on my phone that the streets were locked down. We couldn’t leave. My first thought was my oldest was in kindergarten, and I wanted to go get my son, but they wouldn’t let me,” she said. Later that day, she learned her cousin Laura Morabito was on American Airlines Flight 11. Hijackers crashed the plane into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, killing everyone on board.”Never, ever forget…We are sorry and that we are with you every day,” Coppin said.The September 11 Memorial Plaza at Cal Expo was the site of a ceremony, comfort and mourning for many on the 21st anniversary.”I am so proud of our town here because we are honoring in this beautiful area of ​​Cal Expo, this gorgeous globe, and all of the pieces of New York that are here, and this will be an important piece to help us never forget locally,” Shauna Harrington from Sacramento said.The memorial tribute has been at Cal Expo for 19 years. If the grounds are open for an event, anyone can take a tour, year-round.Congressman Ami Bera, representing the 7th District, also attended the ceremony. “It is a day for us to remember. It really was an attack on our freedom and what we represent as the United States. We shouldn’t forget. We should make sure our children and the generations that weren’t born on 9/ 11 continue to remember that the sacrifices that were paid, the first responders. The men and women who stepped up to serve our country,” he said. The Capital city vows to never forget.”We don’t want to repeat history, so if you remember, maybe we can learn something from it,” attendee Terry Ammirati said.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

On Sunday, hundreds of people came together at Cal Expo to pay tribute to the victims and honor the survivors of 9/11.

People from near and far to the capital city came to the September 11 Memorial Plaza, which is where a large beam from the North World Trade Center Tower sits.

Melanie Coppin now lives in Sacramento, but in 2001 when the 9/11 attacks happened, she lived in New York with her young children.

“I got an alert on my phone that the streets were locked down. We couldn’t leave. My first thought was my oldest was in kindergarten, and I wanted to go get my son, but they wouldn’t let me,” she said.

Later that day, she learned her cousin Laura Morabito was on American Airlines Flight 11.

Hijackers crashed the plane into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, killing everyone on board.

“Never, ever forget…We are sorry and that we are with you every day,” Coppin said.

The September 11 Memorial Plaza at Cal Expo was the site of a ceremony, comfort and mourning for many on the 21st anniversary.

“I am so proud of our town here because we are honoring in this beautiful area of ​​Cal Expo, this gorgeous globe, and all of the pieces of New York that are here, and this will be an important piece to help us never forget locally ,” Shauna Harrington from Sacramento said.

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The memorial tribute has been at Cal Expo for 19 years. If the grounds are open for an event, anyone can take a tour, year-round.

Congressman Ami Bera, representing the 7th District, also attended the ceremony.

“It is a day for us to remember. It really was an attack on our freedom and what we represent as the United States. We shouldn’t forget. We should make sure our children and the generations that weren’t born on 9/ 11 continue to remember that the sacrifices that were paid, the first responders. The men and women who stepped up to serve our country,” he said.

The capital city vows to never forget.

“We don’t want to repeat history, so if you remember, maybe we can learn something from it,” attendee Terry Ammirati said.