{"id":1504,"date":"2015-09-11T14:24:52","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T19:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/?p=1504"},"modified":"2016-03-02T13:47:56","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T19:47:56","slug":"acu-flags-flying-at-half-staff-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/2015\/09\/11\/acu-flags-flying-at-half-staff-today\/","title":{"rendered":"ACU Flags Flying at Half-staff Today"},"content":{"rendered":"
Flags are flying at half-staff today at ACU. Friday, September 11, 2015<\/span><\/span> marks the 14-year anniversary of the 9\/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93 which crashed in suburban Pennsylvania. Patriot Day serves as a remembrance of the lives lost on that September morning.<\/div>\n
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On Patriot Day, the President directs that the American flag be flown at half-staff at individual American homes, at the White House, and on all U.S. government buildings and establishments, home and abroad. The President also asks Americans to observe a moment of silence beginning at 8:46 AM<\/span><\/span> Eastern time, the time the first plane struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center that morning.<\/div>\n
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Of the 2,977 victims killed on September 11<\/a>, 411 were first-responders. Of these 411 first-responders, who answered the call for rescue on 9-11, at least seven were older Americans<\/a>.<\/div>\n
\"9-11<\/a><\/div>\n
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Photo credit: Ben Sturner and NBS News,\u00a0 http:\/\/4.nbcny.com\/sghlSph<\/a><\/div>\n
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