Lyn MacEwen Cohen placed flowers and flags at a memorial honoring victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (photo courtesy of Lyn MacEwen Cohen)

Representatives of the Miracle Mile Civic Coalition and the First-In Fire Foundation commemorated victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at a memorial in the park surrounding the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum.

Known as the Miracle Mile Milestone Monument, the space honors those lost on American Flight 77, which crashed into the Pentagon. The monument was a collaboration with the family of Flight 77 pilot Charles Burlingame and local community leaders including Lyn MacEwen Cohen, president of the First-In Fire Foundation, and Wally Marks III, co-president of the Miracle Mile Civic Coalition. Brad Burlingame, the pilot’s brother, helped establish the memorial. Brad Burlingame was a longtime civic leader and former CEO of Visit West Hollywood, which promoted tourism in the city. He died in December 2015.

“As I visited the site [on Sept. 11] on the 22nd anniversary of [the terrorist attacks], I was fondly remembering Brad Burlingame and all the many, many times he helped us plant hundreds of trees in the Miracle Mile on 9/11 with the Hollywood Beautification Team,” Cohen said. “It was wonderful to see so many fresh flowers and American flags at the Sept. 11 Miracle Mile Milestone Monument and touching to see the small prayer card with Brad’s picture placed on the bronze plaque, probably by his loving wife, Diane, and daughters. His family visits this 9/11 monument which Brad helped us design and install every year without fail. The adjoining 9/11 memorial tree grove is also sacred ground. We honor those lost on 9/11 by doing public service in our own lives, transforming this dark day into collective positive acts of light, unity, good will, strength, beauty, preparedness and hope. United we stand.”