Guardians SCV hosted its fourth annual Patriot Day car show and free breakfast to remember 9/11 on Saturday morning in the parking lot of Higher Vision Church in Valencia. During a remembrance and reflection ceremony, Tim Traurig, Guardians SCV founder and president, spoke to those in attendance, along with Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, city of Santa Clarita Councilman Jason Gibbs and state Assembly candidate Patrick Lee Gipson, who all voiced the importance of never forgetting 9/11.
According to Traurig, this year’s event was the best turnout the organization has had to date. He spoke about why Americans must remember what happened on Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorists attacked America on its own soil and first responders risked their lives to save others.
“As a country, we said we’d never forget,” he said in an interview during the event. “I think it’s important — especially in our community of Santa Clarita, where we have so many fire, police and military first responders that live out here — that we as a community remember that we have committed to that. It’s important to keep those memories alive, to remember the sacrifices that have been made in our country.
” Guardians SCV is a group of military veterans and first responders who support each other. Many came out to recognize those who sacrificed their lives for others 23 years ago and who still do so to this day. In his speech to the crowd on Saturday, Gar.