Tri - State remembers 9/11, works to educate the next generation on the events

THE PUBLIC THIS EVENING. THOUSANDS ARE EXPECTED TO GATHER TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS. CLOSER TO HOME, THERE WERE DOZENS OF MEMORIAL SERVICES TO HONOR THE VICTIMS OF 9/11. SOME OF THEM FROM HERE LOCALLY. KRISTY DAVIS HAS A LOOK AT ONE SERVICE TODAY DESIGNED TO MAKE SURE THE NEXT SCOMBREN RACE REALLY UNDERSTANDS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS DAY. FOR MANY, 9/11 IS A DAY TO REMEMBER. REMEMBER THE WAY WE FELT, THE THINGS WE SAW AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES. IT'S BECOMING A DAY FOR TEACHING, TEACHING CHILDREN WHO HAVE NO MEMORY OF THE EVENTS OF 9/11 HOW TO NEVER FORGET. [BELL RINGING] IN LARGE WAYS [BELL RINGING] AND SMALL, SILENCE -- ♪ WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED ♪ AND SONG, AMERICA NEVER FORGETS. BUT WE DO REMEMBER 9/11 AND EACH OF US WILL DO SOING IN THE DAY WE PERISH FROM THIS EARTH. AT TODAY'S CEREMONY IN NEWPORT, FIRE CHIEF POSED THE QUESTION, HOW DO WE PASS ON THAT DUTY? TODAY GRADE SCHOOL CHILDREN WERE OTHER -- NOT EVEN BORN. THEY READ ABOUT THAT DAY IN HISTORY BOOKS. THEY BRING AMERICANS TOGETHER TO RING THE BELL FOR THE 442 FIREFIGHTERS WHO DIED TRYING TO SAVE OTHERS. COMPELLING OTHERS TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY, LIKE THESE WHO PARTNERED WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. OUR COLLEAGUES WERE IMPACTED AND THAT HURT EVERY ONE OF US. MANY VOLUNTEERS ARE ALSO PARENTS WHO ARE HONORING THE PAST AND THINK OF HOW THEY'LL SHARE THE IMPACT WITH THEIR CHILDREN. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT BECAUSE IT'S HARD FOR ME TO GET MY HEAD AROUND IT STILL. KRISTY DAVIS, WLWT NEWS 5. HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WILL