Lorain County Community College: LCCC To Hold 9/11 Remembrance Event

Press release from Lorain County Community College:

September 9, 2021

Press Release
Posted September 9, 2021

Lorain County Community College will hold a remembrance event in honor of the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 at 9:45 a.m., Friday, Sept. 10 on the lawn outside the Bass Library on the LCCC campus.

The brief event will include comments from LCCC President Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D., music by TrueNorth Cultural Arts, a moment of silence and the unveiling of a remembrance display located outside of the Bass Library. The event is open to the public.

“Our campus and community will come together to reflect, heal and to honor the memory of the innocent people who died that day,” Ballinger said.

The remembrance display will include an arrangement of flags in the shape of a star to represent the 2,977 individuals who tragically lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001. An augmented reality feature is available via visitors’ smartphones and will project a semi-translucent image of the Twin Towers inside the display.

The remembrance display will be open to the public from Friday, Sept. 10 through Friday, Sept. 17.

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