Officials, residents pay tribute to lives lost on Sept. 11
Sep. 13—About 200 public officials and area residents gathered Sunday outside the Curry County Courthouse for 9/11 Day to remember those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.
The ceremony, which lasted about 90 minutes, was one of 75 public memorials across the country with Global Youth Justice Inc., County Manager Lance Pyle said.
About 50 local residents read names and profiles of 65 people who died as a direct result of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
The most personal summary came from Michael Booth, Curry County's fire and safety director. He spoke about his memories growing up on Long Island, N.Y.
He remembered his older brother, Warren Booth, and Warren's three best friends — Charlie Johnson, Eddie Lachcik, and Art Jones.
"These guys were inseparable. They hung out together, played sports together. These guys became part of our family and I saw them as older brothers," Michael Booth told the crowd.
Art Jones, 37, was among those killed in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. He was an account executive, a copper trader, for Carr Futures.
Michael Booth said he still wears a bracelet in memory of Art Jones and nearly 3,000 others who died as a direct result of the attacks on that day.
