SEMBACH, Germany – The 30th Medical Brigades unit ministry team hosted a National Day of Service and Remembrance service at the Sembach Community Activity Center Sept. 11 to commemorate the lives lost during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Maj. Stanislaw Jasiurkowski, 30th Medical Brigade Chaplain, led the opening remarks with soldiers participating in the lighting of candles, a litany of remembrance, scripture reading, and musical performances that remembered the loss of human life in what remains the largest single loss of American life to a foreign attack ever.
Brig. Gen. Norvell V. Coots, U.S. Army Regional Health Command Europe command surgeon, noted in his keynote speech that Sept. 11 was a personal experience for everyone.
"The reason 9/11 remembrances are different is that each and every person here has a personal connection to that day," said Coots.
Coots continued his speech telling the story of his personal experience on Sept. 11 while stationed at Heidelberg and the impact of this conflict on Army Medicine in Europe.
“While the vast majority of Americans soon returned to some sense of new normalcy, we remained engaged in a protracted conflict that impacted our careers and our families for more than a decade. Army medicine in Europe was heavily involved as Landstuhl Regional Medical Center became a critical hub in a life-saving chain that would treat more than 90,000 casualties during the years of conflict,” said Coots.
Pfc. Jennifer Santana, 30th Medical Brigade, an attendee of the event, remembers the events of Sept. 11 as a fifth grade elementary student in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
“It wasn’t until a few years later in high school that the events of what happened on Sept. 11 become real to me. I admired those who joined the military to serve our country. Their heroism and patriotism inspired me to join the U.S. Army,” said Santana.
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