Guest panelists (from left to right) Mark Wiltshire, U.S. Army Major General Barrye L. Price, District Fire Chief Richard Cole and former United States Air Force Major Elton Davis spoke about 9/11. | Dailey Hubbard/ The Cougar
Ashley James, graduate student of Valenti School of Communication, reflects about the memorial. | Dailey Hubbard/ The Cougar
Presentation of the Colors: ROTC members begin their memorial at the Student Center Theater. | Dailey Hubbard/ The Cougar
Guest panelist Mark Wiltshire and Celina A. Dugas, Program Director II of UH Veteran Services, greet at the memorial service. | Dailey Hubbard/ The Cougar
From left to right, Mark Wiltshire, U.S. Army Major General Barrye L. Price, District Fire Chief Richard Cole and former United States Air Force Major Elton Davis come together to share experiences on Friday morning . | Dailey Hubbard/ The Cougar
Lawren Bradberry, Program Coordinator II of UH Veteran Services, participates in the memorial event. | Dailey Hubbard/ The Cougar
U.S. Army Major General Barrye L. Price recalls the significance of the event. | Dailey Hubbard/ The Cougar
The Student Center held a public 9/11 memorial where students were able to view the horrors and sacrifices Americans went through that day.
This is the fourteenth anniversary since the horrific attack and, it’s the first year the ROTC program has publicly displayed a memorial for the student body to remember the lives lost.
“I learned that so many innocent American lives were lost that day,” exploratory studies freshman Brandon Lee said. “It affected a lot more families across the nation than I expected.”
Among the memorial was a photo exhibit, a ceremony held by the ROTC programs, a panel discussion and a way for students to meet first-respondents who were at Ground Zero.
“It’s amazing to see so many people inspired by 9/11,” mechanical engineer sophomore Nguyen Hoang. “A lot of people look up to these enlisted men and first-(respondents). They are seen as true American heroes.”
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