Students Honor 25th Anniversary of 9-11 Attacks
The Verndale Elementary honored the 25th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks on Friday. Students paraded around Farwell and Brown Streets.
Back at the school, students led the ceremony with several speakers reading passages about the events of the horrific attacks.
September 11, 2001, began like an ordinary Tuesday morning. People went to work, children went to school, families started their day, but that morning our country experienced terrorist attacks that took the lives of nearly 3,000 people in New York City, at the Pentagon, and aboard Flight 93.
For those of us who were not alive yet, September 11 is something we learn about in history books, classrooms, from photographs, and stories.
But for many of our parents, grandparents, teachers, and community members, it is a day they remember personally. A day we remember those whose lives were lost.
We remember their families and loved ones. We promise you they will not be forgotten.
When people were in danger on September 11, first responders ran towards them...
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