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While we addressed this solemn occasion in Friday's and Saturday's editorials, we also want to take a moment and acknowledge the hard work of volunteers throughout our region every year to ensure this important moment does not go unheeded.
Planning the 9/11 Memorial Ride is work that itself lasts nearly a year. We appreciate the volunteer organizers who have met and rose above every challenge our world's ever-changing landscape has thrown at them. While we believe our communities' appreciation is deep and readily apparent, we also believe it's still appropriate to put that gratitude into words.
This year, as is often the case, other groups addressed this important occasion in other ways -- and we also wish to thank the organizers of the discussion Thursday night in South Williamsport.
As reflected in the Friday and Saturday editorial columns the scope and severity of these terrorist attacks and the lasting echoes from them deserve an extensive and varied approach to remembering them. One statement at that discussion, we feel, reflects that reach well: "We're in the largest city in the U.S. and you could hear a pin drop," said by Steve Ishler, who worked with the Critical Incident Stress Management team from our region who headed to New York City to assist in the immediate recovery efforts 25 years ago.
That statement, about downtown streets generally so active and bustling that it coined the nickname "the city that never sleeps" conveys how overwhelming the experience of 9/11 was -- for those present in Manhattan and ultimately for the nation and world.
That kind of event deserves thorough reflection. We again thank all the region's volunteers who help ensure our communities engage in that reflection.