SALT LAKE CITY — Ten years after the tragic events of 9/11, Judge Memorial Catholic High School students, who were in elementary school at the time of the terrorist attacks, will join their teachers to memorialize the anniversary. The idea came from Student Body President Hannah Brodke, who last year approached Mattie Mulick, Dean of Students and Director of Activities at Judge Memorial Catholic High School, saying she wanted to do something for a 9/11 memorial. Brodke suggested that students collecting photographs, memories, poems, thoughts and essays, Mulick said. They created a website address on the Judge Memorial school page through which students could submit their work. ‘We have received some pictures and thoughts that we are going to use in an assembly, which is going to take place Sept. 9," said Mulick, adding that they are encouraging more students to submit their reflections and poems so they be shared in the assembly. The faculty also was invited to participate by writing a reflection about what they were doing that day and about their emotions and feelings at that time, when al-Qaeda coordinated four suicide attacks on the United States. On Sept. 11, 2001, two highjacked airliners were flown into the World Trade Center in New York City and a third airliner was crashed into the Pentagon. A fourth highjacked airliner was intended for either the Capitol Building or the White House, but passengers foiled the attempt and the plane crashed in a rural Pennsylvania field. More than 3,000 people died in the attacks, including emergency personnel who responded to the attacks on the World Trade Center. "We will have some of those teachers read those reflections at the assembly," Mulick said. "I think the 10th year is a big milestone for our country and the themes that we are trying to integrate in the assembly are to try to rebuild what happened and to show how keeping the faith helped us to focus on what the country has been through; we all kind of got together and lit up a new hope," said Mulick. Mulick added that it’s important to share with students what happened that day, and to let them know that those events can still affect them. Brodke said that she always will remember that day and honor it with her family, so, knowing that this year is the 10th anniversary of the events, she wanted to be able to do something at her school. "It’s nice to memorialize it," she said. 9-11 Reflection Grace Best-Devereux Judge Memorial CHS Class of 2012 I was in second grade in 2001. My father was supposed to be in a meeting in the Twin Towers on 9/11/2001. His meeting had been cancelled. After years of living and working in New York, my parents had many friends who were working in the Twin Towers. My memory from the time surrounding the disaster is foggy, but I will always remember my mother reading the names of her friends who died that day. The complete article will appear on the Judge Memorial CHS website.
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