Border Patrol and other first responders remember the victims of the 9/11 Terrorist Attack during a ceremony held at the 9/11 Memorial at the Alpine, Texas, Border Patrol Station on Sept. 11, 2024. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Border Patrol.

ALPINE –– U.S. Border Patrol Big Bend Sector will remember the nearly 3,000 lives lost and the first responders that answered the call during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks with a commemoration ceremony at the Alpine Border Patrol station on September 11. 

The observance will take place at the station’s 9/11 Memorial, which features a 1,300-pound steel artifact recovered from the ruins of the World Trade Center –– one of only a few such artifacts located on federal property. The event will include U.S. Border Patrol Big Bend sector leadership, state and local law enforcement and the Alpine Fire Department and Emergency Services. 

The event is free and open to the public. It will take place at the Alpine Border Patrol station (3003 West Highway 90) on Thursday, September 11, at 10 a.m. and is scheduled to last until noon.