The numbers are staggering, the costs overwhelming, and the memories emblazoned on the hearts of those who remember the day that America came under attack Sept. 11, 2001.

Woodland Park remembers.

With twin towers of Pikes Peak granite in the center of Lions Park, the memorial is the city’s tribute to those who gave their lives to rescue others. The annual ceremony concludes with residents who lost loved ones in the attacks gathering around the towers draped in black.

“We are here to honor the 2,997 dead and 25,000 injured,” said Dan Williams, Commander of the American Legion Eric V. Dickson Post #1980, and master of ceremonies. “This year, however, the New York fire department added 43 names to the dead, bodies recovered in the rubble.”

Among the dead, he added, are those who eventually died of their wounds suffered in the attack.

In New York, 343 firefight- ers, 23 police officers, 37 Port Authority officers, and 8 emergency services personnel

two million American citizens signed up to go to war.”

lost their lives. The victims ranged in age from 2 to 85.

At the Pentagon, 184 people were killed while 40 passengers and crew members died when the plane crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pa.

“After the attacks, two million American citizens signed