News>Reserve Command commemorates 10th anniversary of 9/11
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Chief Master Sgt. James Pascarella, Readinesss Management Group, performs master of ceremony duties at the 9/11 commemoration at the Musuem of Aviation Sept. 9. In the foreground is the 9/11 Pentagon stone, an artifact from the West Wall of the Pentagon hit by a hijacked airliner on 9/11. The stone was symbolically dedicated to the thousands of Americans who gave their lives on 9/11 and also recognizes the men and women who serve in the U.S. military in defense of freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Philip Rhodes).
Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner, Jr., commander of Air Force Reserve Command, addresses members of the greater Robins Air Force Base, Ga., community gathered at the Museum of Aviation Sept. 9, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. During the ceremony, an artifact from the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon was symbolically dedicated to the sacrifices of thousands of American men and women who gave their lives on 9/11. The 9/11 Pentagon stone also recognizes the men and women who serve in the U.S. military in defense of freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Philip Rhodes)
Georgia National Guard Brig. Gen. Larry Dudney delivers the keynote address Sept. 9 at the Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Museum of Aviation during the commemoration marking the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. General Dudney was in the Pentagon when the hijacked airliner crashed into the west wall, killing 184 people. (U.S. Air Force photo/Philip Rhodes)
Members of the Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Honor Guard fold the flag covering the 9/11 Pentagon stone during the Sept. 9 commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The stone, acquired by Air Force Reserve Command history office, is an artifact from the West Wall of the Pentagon hit by a hijacked airliner on 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo/Philip Rhodes)
The 9/11 Pentagon stone, acquired by Air Force Reserve Command history office, is an artifact from the West Wall of the Pentagon that was hit by a hijacked airliner on 9/11. The coordinated attacks that day killed 184 people at the Pentagon, another 2,749 at the World Trade Center and 40 aboard Flight 93 that crashed in Shanksville, Pa. Among the 9/11 fatalities was Air Force Reserve Maj. LeRoy Homer, first officer on Flight 93. The stone, approximately 40 inches long, 8 inches wide and six inches deep, represents the sacrifices of thousands of American men and women who gave their lives on 9/11. This stone also recognizes the men and women who serve in the U.S. military in defense of freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Philip Rhodes)
Members of Air Force Reserve Command, from left, Mr. Ken Spires, Lt. Col. Michael Christoph and Mr. Al Tolbert, who were in the Pentagon on 9/11, place a wreath during the 10th anniversary commemoration. (U.S. Air Force photo/Philip Rhodes)
9/9/2011 - ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Air Force Reserve Command unveiled a small slab of limestone that holds a significant place in U.S. history at the Museum of Aviation Sept. 9 during a commemoration of the10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
The 9/11 Pentagon stone, an artifact from the West Wall of the Pentagon that was hit by a hijacked airliner on 9/11 was dedicated during a ceremony attended by approximately 300 members of the greater Robins AFB community.
Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner, Jr., commander of Air Force Reserve Command, presided over the ceremony that included a speech from Brig. Gen. Larry Dudney, director of the Joint Staff and commander, Joint Task Force, Georgia National Guard. Dudney was approximately 220 yards from where the plane struck the Pentagon on 9/11 and assisted in rescue efforts.
Coordinated attacks that day killed 184 people at the Pentagon, another 2,749 at the World Trade Center and 40 aboard Flight 93 that crashed in Shanksville, Pa. Among the 9/11 fatalities was Air Force Reserve Maj. LeRoy Homer, first officer on Flight 93.
The 200-pound 9/11 Pentagon stone, acquired by Air Force Reserve Command history office, is chipped and charred from the impact of the airplane that struck the Pentagon.
The stone represents the sacrifices of thousands of American men and women who gave their lives on 9/11. It also recognizes the men and women who serve in the U.S. military in defense of freedom.
