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In remembrance of the tragic events on September 11th, Millersville University is holding a Memorial Ceremony dedicated to those who lost their lives.
At 8:46 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2024, the Millersville Student Chapter of the International Association of Emergency Managers will hold a remembrance and moment of silence at the gazebo by the pond on campus.
Dr. Duane Hagelgans, professor in the Center for Disaster Research and Education shared his thoughts on the importance of holding this memorial on campus, “As we reflect and remember September 11th, 2001, twenty-three years ago, we cannot forget the sacrifices that were made by our past and present veterans and emergency responders. And as important, we cannot ever forget the losses of our citizens to this heinous and incomprehensible event. We lost mothers, fathers, grandparents, sons, daughters, aunts and uncles, all well before their time on this earth should have ended. The sacrifices have been made not just by those who have battled and continued to battle terrorism but also daily by the families left behind.”
Hagelgans says many students at Millersville weren’t born when 9/11 happened and only know about it by “reading about it, videos, and the internet, very similar to those of us who were alive during 9-11 but only ever read about Pearl Harbor.”
Millersville University’s campus bells will chime in remembrance of those who lost their lives at:
- 8:46 a.m. – Flight 11 crashed into the World Trade Center’s North Tower.
- 9:03 a.m. – Flight 175 crashed into the WTC’s South Tower.
- 9:37 a.m. – Flight 77 hit the Pentagon
- 10:03 a.m. – Flight 93 crashed in Pennsylvania
