Remembering 9/11, foundation hosts 10th Patriot Day ceremony in Bigfork
Three-hundred American flags wave in the breeze as part of the 9/11 Honor & Serve Foundation and the Field of Honor Rally Project's fundraiser for Heroes and Horses and The Paladin Conservancy. The display is located at Wrangler Springs Ranch, 6850 Montana 35 in Bigfork. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
The Flathead Lake Lodge Mounted Color Guard and the United Veterans of the Flathead Valley, present and post their colors at the 9/11 Honor & Serve Foundation's 20-year Remembrance Ceremony at Wrangler Springs Ranch in Bigfork on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
The crowd applauds a speaker at the 9/11 Honor & Serve Foundation's 20-year Remembrance Ceremony at Wrangler Springs Ranch in Bigfork on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Bill Thomas, president of the 9/11 Honor & Serve Foundation and a retired firefighter and paramedic, addresses the crowd at the 9/11 Honor & Serve Foundation's 20-year Remembrance Ceremony at Wrangler Springs Ranch in Bigfork on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
An honor guard and rifle team salutes during the 9/11 Honor & Serve Foundation's 20-year Remembrance Ceremony at Wrangler Springs Ranch in Bigfork on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
More than a decade ago Bill Thomas received a copy of the Bigfork Eagle at his home in California that caught his attention.
“A man who lost his son in the 9/11 attack in Benghazi, Libya has moved to Bigfork,” the article said. Charles Woods, the father of Tyrone Woods, moved to the area in August of 2013 with his family from Eastern Oregon.
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