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Students remember 9/11

Event witness describes his experience

<p>At the second annual Never Forget event, students, led by University Air Force ROTC members, processed from Minor Hall to South Lawn.</p>

At the second annual Never Forget event, students, led by University Air Force ROTC members, processed from Minor Hall to South Lawn.

Nearly 100 University students gathered in Minor Hall Thursday night to commemorate the events of 9/11 during the second annual Never Forget ceremony. The University’s Young Americans for Freedom hosted the event along with the Burke Society, University Democrats and College Republicans.

The ceremony began with the University Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps’ presentation of the nation’s colors and the singing of the national anthem. Richard Mulcahy, a 9/11 witness and author of the book “One From Two,” then addressed the audience.

“Freedom comes with a price, and a nation must remember those who paid the ultimate price,” Mulcahy said.

Mulcahy said his book analyzes the 9/11 tragedy.

“Anyone of us can be harmed by a tragedy of change,” Mulcahy said in regard to the day’s events. “I saw it. I lived it. I breathed it.”

Five University alumni were memorialized during the ceremony for losing their lives due to the events of 9/11.

Third-year College student Mac McClure, chairman of the University College Republicans, said hearing a speaker provided an interesting perspective.

“Everyone has a different story,” McClure said.

Third-year College student Anthony Hadford, the president of Young Americans for Freedom, said the organizers deliberately tried to make the event bipartisan.

“This type of event is for everybody, not just one political group,” Hadford said.

The ceremony ended with a prayer by a local priest and a silent procession from Minor Hall to the South Lawn, led by the University Air Force ROTC.

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