CAPE MAY, N.J. – Members of U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May stopped to remember the anniversary of the Sept., 2001 attacks by holding a brief ceremony on the parade field, Sept. 11, 2014.
The ceremony included a speech from the commanding officer, Capt. Todd Prestidge, a prayer from the chaplain, Cmdr. Christopher Fronk and a speech from Elizabeth Carson, both a Dallas, Texas native and a recruit currently in basic training, who lost an uncle in the World Trade Center that day 13 years ago.
"It was on that day I experienced my first loss," said Carson who explained that while she was only six-years-old at the time of the attacks, she could still feel the serious impact it had on her family as her mother first heard the news. "It was a heavy silence, and even as young as I was, I could feel the sorrow in it," she said. Carson is part of recruit company Foxtrot 190 and is scheduled to graduate Sept. 26, 2014 and will report to her first unit, the Coast Guard Cutter Charles David, Jr. in Key West, Fla.
The ceremony featured the laying of wreaths, a 21-gun salute and the playing of taps.
![Coast Guard recruit Elizabeth Carson, a Dallas, Texas, native, lays a wreath at the foot of the Douglas Munro statue during a ceremony remembering the lives lost during the 9/11 attacks, Sept. 11, 2014. Carson, who is in her 6th week of recruit training, gave a speech to the battalion of recruits telling them of her Uncle who died in the south World Trade Center Tower in 2001. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer John Edwards)]() |
| Coast Guard recruit Elizabeth Carson, a Dallas, Texas, native, lays a wreath at the foot of the Douglas Munro statue during a ceremony remembering the lives lost during the 9/11 attacks, Sept. 11, 2014. Carson, who is in her 6th week of recruit training, gave a speech to the battalion of recruits telling them of her Uncle who died in the south World Trade Center Tower in 2001. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer John Edwards) |
![Elizabeth Carson, from Dallas, Texas, and also a recruit at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., speaks during the training center's remembrance of the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Carson, who is currently in her sixth week of recruit training, lost a family member in the south World Trade Center Tower that day. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer John Edwards)]() |
| Elizabeth Carson, from Dallas, Texas, and also a recruit at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., speaks during the training center's remembrance of the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Carson, who is currently in her sixth week of recruit training, lost a family member in the south World Trade Center Tower that day. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer John Edwards) |
![Petty Officer 1st Class Edward Burke, the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May's recruit band leader, plays taps during the ceremony held on base in remembrance of the 9/11 attacks, Sept. 11, 2014. The ceremony included a 21 gun salute, the laying of wreaths and speeches from the commanding officer, Capt. Todd Prestidge, as well as the chaplain, Cmdr. Christopher Fronk. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer John Edwards)]() |
| Petty Officer 1st Class Edward Burke, the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May's recruit band leader, plays taps during the ceremony held on base in remembrance of the 9/11 attacks, Sept. 11, 2014. The ceremony included a 21 gun salute, the laying of wreaths and speeches from the commanding officer, Capt. Todd Prestidge, as well as the chaplain, Cmdr. Christopher Fronk. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer John Edwards) |
![Petty Officer 1st Class Skyler Smith, the silent drill team instructor at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., stands by the recruit drill team during the training center's ceremony remembering the 9/11 attacks, Sept. 11, 2014. The ceremony included a 21 gun salute, the laying of wreaths and speeches from the commanding officer, Capt. Todd Prestidge, as well as the chaplain, Cmdr. Christopher Fronk. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer John Edwards]() |
| Petty Officer 1st Class Skyler Smith, the silent drill team instructor at U.S. Coast Guard TrainingCenter Cape May, N.J., stands by the recruit drill team during the training center's ceremony remembering the 9/11 attacks, Sept. 11, 2014. The ceremony included a 21 gun salute, the laying of wreaths and speeches from the commanding officer, Capt. Todd Prestidge, as well as the chaplain, Cmdr. Christopher Fronk. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer John Edwards |
![U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., held a remembrance ceremony for the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The ceremony included a 21 gun salute, the laying of wreaths and speeches from the commanding officer, Capt. Todd Prestidge, as well as the chaplain, Cmdr. Christopher Fronk. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer John Edwards)]() |
| U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., held a remembrance ceremony for the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The ceremony included a 21 gun salute, the laying of wreaths and speeches from the commanding officer, Capt. Todd Prestidge, as well as the chaplain, Cmdr. Christopher Fronk. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer John Edwards) |
