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Gov. Quinn unveils 9/11 Loop exhibit By PAIGE WAGENKNECHT News Editor
from something that is tragic to something that can be triumphant.” Students and faculty took turns reading silent excerpts from “A Decade of Hope” by Dennis Smith, a New York Firefighter and one of the first responders to the attacks on Sept. 11. His book recounts stories from witnesses and survivors of the attacks. Segments from the introduction started the service: For those that view Sept. 11 as a bad memory from long ago, the service was a time for remembrance. For those who still live with tragedies, the service was a time for healing.
Gov. Quinn honored fallen heroes on the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001 by unveiling the “Portrait of a Solider Memorial Exhibit” at DePaul’s Loop campus. The exhibit features more than 250 hand-drawn portraits by Artist Cameron Schilling of Illinois service members who died while serving our country in the global war on terror. “Portrait of a Solider” has been viewed by thousands of people throughout the state and will be on display at DePaul until September 16. Gov. Quinn stood with Gold Star families and asked residents to pause and recognize those who have lost their lives fighting for democracy and the thousands of Illinois troops that served around the world in the past decade. The governor proclaimed yesterday “a day of service and remembrance.” “It’s hard for people living today and everyday since then to remember them and never forget because it’s very meaningful,” Gov. Quinn said. “We have had so many patriotic Americans from our state and every state come forward in a moment of danger for our democracy, answer the call for duty, defend our democracy and give their
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The University Ministry held prayer services Thursday, Sept. 8, in remembrance of the tragedies of Sept. 11, 2001. Services were held at St. Vincent DePaul circle in Lincoln Park and the 11th floor deck of the Student Center in the Loop. “We focused on peace with the hope that people could come to peace within
their own souls and their own lives with the violence and the difficulties of living with the memories of 10 years ago, but also living with the memory that we live in a violent world, and to look at how we might be peacemakers amongst the violence,” Diana Dradón, one of the University Ministry’s Protestant chaplains, said. “If we can take this life changing, world changing moment and turn it into something that causes the world and individuals to be better, than I think that is how we honor the moment of all the people that are lost and to move forward
FROM THE ARCHIVES: THE DEPAULIA, SEPT. 12, 2001, VOL. LXX, NO. 2
From the depths of tragedy rises the human spirit By JIM DISTASIO Editor-In-Chief 2001 Like most of you, I spent a majority of the last three days glued to my television set watching the horrors unfold in New York City and Washington D.C. either live or countless times on videotape. Even as I write this column in the wee small hours of the morning, the cold glow of CNN is visible over my left shoulder, muted but not turned off. Let’s face it, there’s no escaping this deplorable act. We can’t hide from it. Even after watching close to 12 hours of news coverage from Tuesday on into Wednesday, I found it difficult to turn my television off. Not for fear that I’d miss the latest amateur footage of those jetliners making their tragic approach toward the twin towers of the World Trade Center, but
for fear that if I did turn my television off, the world would suddenly cease to exist. I’m not alone. As the events of this past week unfolded, many of us turned toward mass media to assuage our bereavement as citizens of this nation. From students huddled around television sets in the cafeteria to commuters listening to radio reports on their drive home to those who used the Internet as a key source of information, we all searched for answers and found both hurt and assurance. Together as a nation we cried and mourned the loss of so many that were punished simply for being citizens of a great country. We cried for the families of those victims who are now forced to deal with a loss many of us couldn’t possibly begin to fathom in this life or the next. We lost many souls, many Americans. We saw our grip on reality slowly fade away with every passing moment. Our lives changed
forever. But as a nation, we also witnessed the indomitable power of the human spirit. Through all the hurt and despair, citizens of he world emerged from the billowing smoke of tragedy with unity and selflessness. Heroism hung in the air. Stories about hundreds of New York City firefighters and police officers, who knowingly sacrificed their lives to rescue people trapped in the crumbling twin towers, have given humanity hope in its darkest hour. There are also the brave passengers onboard United Airlines Flight 93 – possibly on a deadly rendezvous with the White House or Air Force One – who reportedly crashed in a field outside of Pittsburgh. In their valor, they gave up their own lives to spare countless others. There are also the countless paramedics, rescue workers, volunteers, medical staffs and passerby who, without
regard for their own lives, offered their services to a wounded country. Our brethren from nations around the world also joined together in an unprecedented symbol of solidarity, proving that we are capable of putting our petty squabbles and biases aside for the greater good. As this tragedy continues to touch our lives, the events that followed the
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