Karen Staples delivers a message Monday from U.S. Sen. Susan Collins at the 9/11 remembrance ceremony at the Lewiston Fire Department’s Central Station. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline speaks Monday at the Central Fire Station to honor the lives lost in terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. “Today, I would especially like to honor and remember the 343 firefighters and paramedics, 23 NYPD officers and 37 Port Authority police officers who lost their lives in service to our country,” Sheline said. “We will never forget.” Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Maine Rep. Mike Soboleski of Phillips speaks Monday at a Sept. 11 ceremony in front of the Lewiston Fire Department’s Central Station. Soboleski, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, volunteered his services at the World Trade Center in New York City after the terrorist attack Sept. 11, 2001. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Lewiston Fire Chief Marc Caron presides Monday at the 9/11 remembrance ceremony at the Central Fire Station. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Honor guards from the Lewiston Fire and Police departments salute Monday at the start of the 9/11 remembrance ceremony at the Central Fire Station to honor the lives lost in the World Trade Center terrorist attacks in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Honor guards from the Lewiston Fire and Police departments open the ceremony Monday at the Central Fire Station in Lewiston to remember the lives lost in the World Trade Center terrorist attack in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Lewiston firefighter Cory Higgins rings a bell at 8:46 a.m. Monday at the Central Fire Station to mark the time when the first plane crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal