Auburn fire Chief Robert Chase approaches the lectern Sunday to start the 9/11 Memorial Ceremony at Central Fire Headquarters in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Auburn firefighter Matt Syphers, center, listens Sunday during the 9/11 Memorial Ceremony at Central Fire Headquarters in Auburn. Syphers is a 2019 graduate of Edward Little High School. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Auburn firefighter Aaron Warner rings the bell Sunday during the 9/11 Memorial Ceremony at Central Fire Headquarters in Auburn. Auburn fire Chief Robert Chase is at right. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Attendees stand Sunday as members of the Auburn Fire Department Honor Guard raise the flag to start the 9/11 Memorial Ceremony at Central Fire Headquarters in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Auburn Mayor Jason Levesque reflects Sunday about the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Retired truck driver Jim Gagnon of Lewiston reads about the 9/11 Memorial prior to the start of the 9/11 Memorial Ceremony at Central Fire headquarters in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Auburn engine 3 pulls out of Central Fire headquarters Sunday just as the 9/11 Memorial Ceremony begins. This is the second year in a row that a call came in just as the ceremony started. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Members of the Auburn Fire Department Honor Guard participate Sunday during the 9/11 Memorial Ceremony at Central Fire headquarters in Auburn. Pictured from left are: Capt. Mike Scott, Capt. Scott Pray, Aaron Warner and Lt. Craig Bouchard. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Auburn fire Chief Robert Chase makes his closing remarks Sunday during the 9/11 Memorial Ceremony at Central Fire headquarters in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Eugene and Marlene Keene of Auburn chat with Richard Whiting on Sunday prior to the start of the 9/11 Memorial Ceremony at Central Fire headquarters in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

The door on Auburn fire engine 3 commemorates the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal