11 YEARS AGO TODAY TERRORISTS CARRIED OUT COORDINATED ATTACKS ON THE U-S.

THE EVENTS OF 9-11 KILLED NEARLY 3-THOUSAND PEOPLE.

TODAY, A LOCAL SERVICE WAS HELD TO REMEMBER THE VICTIMS.

HERE'S NEWSWATCH'S MAEGEN KULCHAR.

THE FLAG AT

THIS FIRE STATION IN KINGSTON WAS LOWERED AS MEMBERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT

STAND TO OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

NEVILLE MURPHY/

DEPUTY

FIRE CHIEF:

"WE ARE NOT GOING TO FORGET EVER, ITS A HUGE SACRIFICE AND A TREMENDOUS BURDEN ON NEW YORK CITY."

IN 2001 TWO PASSENGER JETS WERE HIJACKED BY TERRORISTS

AND FLOWN INTO THE TWIN TOWERS OF THE NEW YORK CITY'S WORLD TRADE CENTRE...ANOTHER HIT THE PENTAGON OUTSIDE WASHINGTON AND A FORTH CRASHED IN A FIELD IN PENNSYLVANIA.

NEARLY THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES--INCLUDING FIRST RESPONERS.

FIRE/ ASSOCIATE PRESIDENT:

"WE REMEMBER THE 343 FIRST RESPONDERS AND WE REMEMBER THOSE THAT WE CONTINUE TO LOSE."

THE ATTACKS SHOOK THE ENTIRE WORLD, A

ND LED TO SWEEPING CHANGES TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY.

 MAEGEN KULCHAR:

"SINCE 911 CANADA HAS SPENT OVER 92 BILLION DOLLARS

ON

EXTRA SECURITY PRECAUTIONS. BUT DOES THAT MEAN CANADA IS SAFER THAN IT WAS BEFORE?"

A DIFFICULT QUESTION TO ANSWER ACCORDING TO THIS POLITICAL STUDIES EXPERT.

CHRISTIAN LEUPRECHT:

"WE ARE SAFER TO THE EXTENT THAT WE ARE HAVING A MORE INFORMATIVE PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT IT BUT WETHER WE ARE SAFER IN TERMS OF THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAVE MADE AND THE EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE INVESTED IS STILL SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DISCUSSED AND MEASURED"

TODAY IN NEW YORK WHERE THE TOWERS ONCE STOOD, THE NAMES OF

THE VICTIMS WERE READ IN FRONT OF

FAMILY MEMBERS, POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS.

 A LOCAL TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS, AND A WAY TO HONOUR THE FAMILIES WHO LOST LOVED ONES IN THE ATTACKS.

MAEGEN KULCHAR CKWS NEWSWATCH KINGSTON.