Amherst firefighter/EMT George Gillespie, right, rings the Central Station fire bell in five sets of five tones to begin the town's 9/11 commemoration on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019.
Amherst firefighter/EMT George Gillespie, right, rings the Central Station fire bell in five sets of five tones to begin the town's 9/11 commemoration on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. Credit: STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING

AMHERST — Firefighters, police and residents commemorated the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York with a ceremony downtown Wednesday morning.