Remembering 911

By: Kimberly Caporale

Each year people participate in a variety of activities to honor those who lost their lives in the September 11 tragedy. It may be putting out flags for those who perished, as the LR campus does, participating in community service, which was done throughout the country or having a memorial service, which was also done on the LR campus this year.

The memorial service was very simple with a speaker, prayer and hymns. The memorial gave listeners an array of things to think about in relation to the tragedy that struck our nation when most of current college students were still in grade school. Many students stood and reflected on the number of flags placed out on the Russell House lawn, each representing a life that was lost.

But even if people didn’t directly participate in a ritual to honor those who were lost on that day, I saw an out pouring of support of social networking sites. So many people’s Facebook status, and Twitter updates centered around remembering the tragedy that shook our nation.

The years don’t erase the pain or magnitude of what occurred on that day in 2001, but each year Americans seem to find new and better ways to serve their fellow man, knowing that there is no guarantee of tomorrow.