11/09/2002 - The people of Inverclyde remembered the victims of terror killed in the United States a year before.

As the world marked the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in New York and Washington, a quiet service of reflection and meditation was taking place at Wellpark Mid Kirk, Greenock.

Inverclyde Council employees were attending the service as well as Provost David Roach, council leader Robert Jackson and other councillors.

Council flags were being flown at half-mast.

Firefighters at Greenock laid a wreath in front of a newly-completed ‘Peace Cairn’ which members of White Watch built to commemorate their fallen comrades in New York.

Assistant Divisional Officer David Adam said: “As firefighters we understand what the men in New York went through as we have all had to enter dangerous buildings.

“Firefighters throughout the world have the same job and this is just a small token to what happened on 11 September, and to all firefighters who have given their lives in the line of duty.”

A minute’s silence was being widely observed at 1.46pm across Scotland, marking the time the first jet crashed into the World Trade Centre, with many shops, stations, airports and businesses asking people to remain quiet.

People of all major faiths across Scotland were joining together in churches, mosques and synagogues with one of the main events being a 45- minute service of remembrance at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh at noon, led by the Rt Rev Dr Finlay Macdonald, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.