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BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB<\/a>) \u2013 Mexico Beach is honoring the lives lost on 9\/11. Firefighters and community members participated in the annual 9\/11 Never Forget ceremony this morning.<\/p>\n They began walking around city hall at 7:46 a.m., the same time the first airliner hit the north tower of the World Trade Center. They continued walking until 8:59 a.m., when the first tower fell.<\/p>\n Then they gathered at the flagpole for a prayer led by the chaplain, after which firefighters lowered the flag to half-staff.<\/p>\n Mexico Beach Fire Rescue sounded their emergency sirens three times as an evacuation call, then carefully lowered the flag from their fire truck.<\/p>\n They carry on this tradition to never forget the lives lost that day.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery day, there\u2019s an unknown. And those guys went to do their jobs. And sadly for them and a lot of their families, they didn\u2019t return. So it\u2019s important that we just remember not just the firefighters, but all the people who just went to work that day on a normal day, who unfortunately got caught up in the whole thing,\u201d Mexico Beach Fire Chief Sandy Walker said.<\/p>\n Mexico Beach Fire Rescue has nine full-time and six part-time firefighters.<\/p>\n They are temporarily operating out of the public works department, with plans for a new fire station soon.<\/p>\n Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/i><\/p>\n