Photo Gallery: Champaign 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony

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First responders stand and listen as part of Champaign's 9/11 remembrance ceremony on September 11, 2021.
  • Photo: Reginald Hardwick/Illinois Newsroom

CHAMPAIGN – Hundreds of people joined Champaign Fire Chief Gary Ludwig and many other leaders from Champaign-Urbana in honoring the September 11, 2001 attack victims. The ceremony took part 20 years to the day after the attacks. Hijackers crashed jetliners into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. As a result, nearly 3,000 people were killed on that day.

First responders stand and listen as part of Champaign’s 9/11 remembrance ceremony on September 11, 2021. (photo by Reginald Hardwick/Illinois Newsroom)
First responders stand and listen as part of Champaign’s 9/11 remembrance ceremony on September 11, 2021. (photo by Reginald Hardwick/Illinois Newsroom)
People stand and listen as part of Champaign’s 9/11 remembrance ceremony on September 11, 2021. (photo by Reginald Hardwick/Illinois Newsroom)
First responders stand and listen as part of Champaign’s 9/11 remembrance ceremony on September 11, 2021. (photo by Reginald Hardwick/Illinois Newsroom)
Champaign Fire Chief Gary Ludwig speaks at 9/11 remembrance ceremony in Champaign on September 11, 2021. (photo by Reginald Hardwick/Illinois Newsroom)
First responders stand and listen as part of Champaign’s 9/11 remembrance ceremony on September 11, 2021. (photo by Reginald Hardwick/Illinois Newsroom)
First responders stand and listen as part of Champaign’s 9/11 remembrance ceremony on September 11, 2021. (photo by Reginald Hardwick/Illinois Newsroom)
First responders stand and listen as part of Champaign’s 9/11 remembrance ceremony on September 11, 2021. (photo by Reginald Hardwick/Illinois Newsroom)
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Reginald Hardwick

Reginald Hardwick is the News & Public Affairs Director at Illinois Public Media. He oversees daily newscasts and online stories. He also manages The 21st Show, a live, weekday talk show that airs on six NPR stations throughout Illinois. He is the executive producer of IPM's annual environmental TV special "State of Change." And he is the co-creator of Illinois Soul, IPM's Black-focused audio service that launched in February 2024. Before arriving at IPM in 2019, he served as News Director at WKAR in East Lansing and spent 17 years as a TV news producer and manager at KXAS, the NBC-owned station in Dallas/Fort Worth. Reginald is the recipient of three Edward R. Murrow regional awards, seven regional Emmy awards, and multiple honors from the National Association of Black Journalists. Born in Vietnam, Reginald grew up in Colorado and is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado. Email: rh14@illinois.edu Twitter: @RNewsIPM