On Thursday, August 18, a group of about 55 local motorcycle riders departed from the Gates Ambulance, Spencerport Station (116 Lyell Ave, Spencerport) to meet up with hundreds of other riders from around the nation and Canada, in Somerset, Pennsylvania for the September 11 Memorial Ride. Somerset, Pennsylvania is just outside the crash site of United Flight 93. The motorcycle ride is sponsored by America’s 911 Foundation Inc., a non-profit organization that was established in 2001. Every year the foundation awards scholarships to emergency service workers and their families. This is the 15 year anniversary of the attacks and the last year of this memorial ride.
The motorcycle ride left Spencerport on August 18 at 6:30 a.m. The Spencerport Station has allowed the use of their facility as a local gathering point because they responded to New York City in the aftermath of the attacks 15 years ago. The Greece Police Department sent one of its motor-officers, Sgt. Kevin Ewanow, to accompany the group. Ewanow volunteered to take part in the ride that will visit all three crash sites from 09-11-01.
The riders will leave Somerset, Pennsylvania on August 19 and ride past the crash site of Flight 93 on the way to Arlington, Virginia where American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. On Saturday, August 20, the riders will leave from the parking lot of the Pentagon and head to lower Manhattan in New York City. On Sunday morning, the Memorial Ride will be escorted to the World Trade Center Memorial Site, and the group will return home on Monday, August 22.
