{"id":1397,"date":"2023-09-01T15:14:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T15:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/?p=1397"},"modified":"2024-03-11T15:02:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T19:02:42","slug":"mcc-students-plan-ceremony-to-remember-victims-of-9-11-attacks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/2023\/09\/01\/mcc-students-plan-ceremony-to-remember-victims-of-9-11-attacks-2\/","title":{"rendered":"MCC Students Plan Ceremony to Remember Victims of 9\/11 Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WHAT:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Monroe Community College will hold a September 11 Remembrance Ceremony, featuring keynote speaker Monroe County Executive Adam Bello.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony memorializes victims of the attacks on the 22nd anniversary of 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p>Also delivering remarks will be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MCC President DeAnna R. Burt-Nanna, Ph.D.;<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Leichtner, MCC Student Government Association president and a business administration major;<\/li>\n<li>Mark Maddalina, a sustainable design director at SWBR. He served as the lead designer of the monument and has returned to the campus annually to speak and mark the 9\/11 anniversary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>September 11th Remembrance Ceremony, outside The Pamela Ann\u00a0Chesonis (PAC) Center, on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monroecc.edu\/about-mcc\/locations-maps\/brighton-campus\/\">MCC\u2019s Brighton Campus<\/a>, 1000 E. Henrietta Road; parking is provided in lot G. Inclement weather venue: Stabins Physical Education Complex gymnasium, adjacent to lot G. <strong>Media with vehicles carrying satellite receivers to broadcast live are asked to park on the side, near the athletic field, in lot G.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>8\u20139 a.m. Monday, Sept. 11.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DETAILS:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sponsored by the MCC Student Government Association, the event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts about<\/strong><strong> the September 11th Remembrance monument and ceremony<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2002, the memorial was erected as a result of early efforts of several MCC student leaders, who quickly drew the support of other students, administrators including then-President Flynn, and local businesses.<\/li>\n<li>The effort to design, build and dedicate a place of remembrance was driven by a desire to create a distinct place for reflection and healing within the community. MCC students annually organize this remembrance ceremony.<\/li>\n<li>The memorial stands at 8 feet and 4 inches high and weighs over six tons. The inscription on the plaque reads: \u201cOur heroes are always in our hearts. In one morning our world changed forever. Let us honor the sacrifices of September 11, 2001 by living our lives in freedom.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>At 8:45 a.m. every Sept. 11, the sun aligns with the monument, a sundial, casting a shadow that bears a likeness to the Twin Towers that once stood.<\/li>\n<li>A moment of silence is observed at 8:46 a.m., the time the first plane hit the north tower in New York City.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MCC will hold a September 11 Remembrance Ceremony, featuring keynote speaker Monroe County Executive Adam Bello, at 8 a.m. Sept. 11 outside The Pamela Ann\u00a0Chesonis (PAC) Center, on MCC\u2019s Brighton Campus, 1000 E. Henrietta Road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[47,48],"class_list":["post-1397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-news","tag-9-11","tag-student-leaders"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1398,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397\/revisions\/1398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}