20 years after the attacks on September 11th, 2001, Lafayette came together to honor the lives lost and commemorate the anniversary.
Lafayette Fire Department hosted the somber event with speakers, including Mayor-President Josh Guillory, Police Chief Thomas Glover Sr, and Fire Chief Robert Benoit. The quiet moments of the event, reflected the quiet many first responders experienced on this day in 2001.
"The chief officer said when they committed their firefighters into the building, when they were coming in there was silence. There were no sirens going off. There was no lights. There was no chatter on the radio, because these individuals realized they were committing themselves into a building with the possibility that they might not come out," says Chief Benoit.