Newport vets and friends mark Patriot Day

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Sally and Neil Scotten, left, and Mike and Phyllis Bailey, right, watch as a bagpiper performs during a Patriot Day event on Wednesday to commemorate the events of Sept. 11, 2001, at Veterans Memorial Park.
(Scott Smeltzer | Staff photographer)

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The color guard from the American Legion Post 291 in Newport Beach, presents the colors during a Patriot Day event on Wednesday to commemorate the events of Sept. 11, 2001, at Veterans Memorial Park. (Scott Smeltzer | Staff photographer)

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Mayor Diane Dixon speaks during a Patriot Day event on Wednesday to commemorate the events of Sept. 11, 2001, at Veterans Memorial Park. (Scott Smeltzer | Staff photographer)

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Jose Reyes, left, salutes during the presentation of colors at the Patriot Day event at the American Legion Post 291 to commemorate the events of Sept. 11, 2001 at Veterans Memorial Park. (Scott Smeltzer | Staff photographer)

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Jon Reynolds, the commander of the American Legion Post 291, salutes during the presentation of colors during a Patriot Day event on Wednesday to commemorate the events of Sept. 11, 2001, at Veterans Memorial Park.
(Scott Smeltzer | Staff photographer)

By Daily Pilot staff

Sept. 11, 2019 10 PM PT

The Sons of the American Legion in Newport Beach gathered Wednesday to mark the 18th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that changed the world.

About 3,000 people died in the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, after hijacked airliners plowed into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon outside Washington, D.C., and a field in southwestern Pennsylvania after passengers and crew members thwarted terrorists’ plans to fly to Washington.

The Sons of the American Legion at Post 291 on the Balboa Peninsula held a Patriot Day event that included remarks from Newport Beach Mayor Diane Dixon and first responders, as well as food, vendors and music at Veterans Memorial Park, which adjoins the legion’s 15th Street clubhouse.

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Newport vets and friends mark Patriot Day

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