patriot day celebration file photo

Then Elizabeth City Fire Chief Corey Mercer places a wreath in memory of the 412 first-responders who died in the aftermath of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, at Sam A. Twiford Veteran’s Park at Twiford Funeral Home in this 2018 photo. This year’s ceremony is planned for Saturday at noon.

Programs remembering the sacrifices of first-responders who died in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, will be held in Elizabeth City and Center Hill on Saturday, the 20th anniversary of the attacks.

A program will be held at noon at Sam A. Twiford Veteran’s Park at Twiford’s Funeral Home in Elizabeth City.