As the nation pauses to remember those who lost their lives 10 years ago in the 9/11 tragedies, the University will pay tribute to the six Carolina alumni who died on that terrible day.
On Sunday, Sept. 11, the Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower will toll its bells for one minute beginning at 10 a.m. to commemorate the events of September 11, 2001 in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pa.
At the same time, Chancellor Holden Thorp and Douglas Dibbert, president of the General Alumni Association, will place flowers at the 9/11 Memorial Garden established on campus by the Class of 2005. The garden is off the brick walkway next to the George Watts Hill Alumni Center along the Kenan Stadium side of Stadium Drive.
The garden’s cornerstone bears a plaque with the names of our fallen alumni: Karleton Douglas Beye Fyfe, Mary Lou Hague, Andrew Marshall King, Ryan Ashley Kohart, Dora Menchaca, and Christopher Quackenbush.
Anyone who would like to be there when the bells toll or the flowers are placed is welcome. There is no program – just these simple acts of remembrance.
In a related event on Monday, Sept. 12, Arif Alikhan, a former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, will speak at 5 p.m. in the FedEx Global Education Center on Pittsboro Street. Afterward a panel discussion, “9/11 Ten Years Later: The Impact on Muslims at Home and Abroad,” will feature representatives of UNC, Duke and the Islamic Association of Raleigh.
A video tribute to the 9/11 anniversary is posted on the University’s website.
