Tusculum College to host September 11 remembrance service on Friday

Local first responders will take part in a remembrance service at Tusculum College to mark the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

The remembrance service will be at noon on Friday, Sept. 9, in the Chalmers Conference Center in the Niswonger Commons. The public is invited to the service.

As part of the service, local emergency responders will be sharing reflections of their experiences on September 11 and what the day’s events meant to them as emergency personnel.

Taking part will be Greene County Sheriff Steve Burns; Alan Corley, chief of the Tusculum Volunteer Fire Department; Mark Foulks, chief of the Greeneville Fire Department, and Robert Sayne, director of the Greeneville-Greene County Emergency Medical Service.

Also taking part will be Mark Stokes, director of religious life and church and community relations at Tusculum and students in the Tusculum College band program.