18/09/2001
Enniskillen service pays tribute to US victims
A remembrance service has been held in Enniskillen to pay tribute to those who died in last Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
The event, held in the Bill Clinton Peace Centre, saw representatives from the emergency services meet with those from the province’s four main churches and follows a similar number of events that have been held throughout Northern Ireland during the past week.
On Monday night, a service at St Eugene’s Cathedral in Derry saw hundreds of people attending a special Mass for the victims who died in the atrocities. Frances Lagan, Auxiliary Bishop of Derry, praised the work of the emergency services and called on those present to express their sympathy through the solidarity of prayer.
Ulster Unionist MP, Jeffrey Donaldson, has also spoken of his personal reaction to events, having been stranded in Canada following the emergency diversion of his flight which had originally been en route to Washington. He described the mood of his fellow American travellers as sad, yet angry, and as being “fearful of the consequences for their country and for them as individuals”. (CL)
The event, held in the Bill Clinton Peace Centre, saw representatives from the emergency services meet with those from the province’s four main churches and follows a similar number of events that have been held throughout Northern Ireland during the past week.
On Monday night, a service at St Eugene’s Cathedral in Derry saw hundreds of people attending a special Mass for the victims who died in the atrocities. Frances Lagan, Auxiliary Bishop of Derry, praised the work of the emergency services and called on those present to express their sympathy through the solidarity of prayer.
Ulster Unionist MP, Jeffrey Donaldson, has also spoken of his personal reaction to events, having been stranded in Canada following the emergency diversion of his flight which had originally been en route to Washington. He described the mood of his fellow American travellers as sad, yet angry, and as being “fearful of the consequences for their country and for them as individuals”. (CL)
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