Community members, police and elected officials gathered in Huntington on Sunday to remember the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks — including 43 town residents — ahead of Thursday's 24th anniversary.

Town Supervisor Ed Smyth and town council members read aloud the names of people from Huntington who lost their lives — including seven firefighters and other first responders. After each name, members of the Huntington Veterans Advisory Board placed roses in buckets and rang a silver bell, while an honor guard representing various veterans organizations, along with about 100 others in attendance, stood nearby.

The names and the chiming of the bells echoed through the Town Hall chambers as a soft rain fell outside.

"I'm honored not only to memorialize those who are lost, b

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