The Mets and Yankees will wear caps from the New York City Police Department, Fire Department of the City of New York, Port Authority Police Department and New York City Department of Correction to honor first responders.
FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2000, file photo, New York Yankees manager Joe Torre, right, greets New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine before the start of Game 1 of baseball's World Series at Yankee Stadium in New York. Sports teams will hold ceremonies Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, to mark the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Valentine, manager of the 2001 Mets, will throw a ceremonial first pitch to Torre, manager of the 2001 Yankees.
The Mets will mark the 20th anniversary of the attacks before Saturday night’s Subway Series game against the Yankees They will wear caps from the New York City Police Department, Fire Department of the City of New York, Port Authority Police Department and New York City Department of Correction to honor first responders. The Mets wil have “New York” rather than “Mets” on their jerseys, and American flags and "9-11-01’' will be on the right sleeves.
“We all had fear. We had fears in our hearts that one, maybe we’d be attacked, and two, maybe we were doing the wrong thing,” Valentine said, “There was so much uncertainty and doubt.” The New York police and children’s chorus will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner,” Jazz artist Anaïs Reno will sing “America the Beautiful” and New York firefighter Regina Wilson “God Bless America.”In Pittsburgh, families of Flight 93 passengers will be recognized on the field along with military and first responders before the Pirates host the Washington Nationals.
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