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Photos: 9/11 memorial ceremony at ORHS on Sept. 11

Posted at 3:23 pm September 13, 2015
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

ORHS 9/11 Memorial Moment of Silence

Oak Ridge High School students and staff and police officers and firefighters have a moment of silence at the 9/11 memorial at ORHS on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

A September 11 memorial ceremony at Oak Ridge High School paid tribute to those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001, and it honored military personnel.

Here are pictures from the Friday morning ceremony.

ORHS 9/11 Memorial Shichen Zhang and Melissa Yuan 2015

Shichen Zhang, Student Council president, left, and Melissa Yuan, Student Council vice president, raise the United States flag to half-staff during a 9/11 ceremony at Oak Ridge High School on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

9/11 Memorial Arrangement Student Council 2015

Jessica Ford, Oak Ridge High School Student Council secretary, and Suzie Kass, Student Council treasurer, set a memorial arrangement at the 9/11 memorial at Oak Ridge High School on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

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ORHS 9/11 Memorial Michael Ragusa

Firefighter Michael Paul Ragusa was one of the 343 firefighters who died in the line of duty during the terrorist attacks in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Oak Ridge High School 9/11 Memorial Student Council 2015

Oak Ridge High School students and staff and police officers and firefighters join Shichen Zhang, Student Council president, left; Melissa Yuan, Student Council vice president; Jessica Ford, Student Council secretary, and Suzie Kass, Student Council treasurer, for a brief 9/11 memorial ceremony at Oak Ridge High School on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

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ORHS 9/11 Memorial Plaque 2015

This plaque at the 9/11 memorial at Oak Ridge High School includes information on the terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001, and the ORHS memorial. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

ORHS 9/11 Memorial Police and Fire 2015

Oak Ridge police officers and firefighters stand at attention during a 9/11 memorial ceremony at Oak Ridge High School on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

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ORHS 9/11 Memorial Police and Fire and Flag 2015

Oak Ridge police officers and firefighters and a few military recruiters are pictured above at the 9/11 memorial at Oak Ridge High School on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. (Photo by Martin McDonald) 

 

ORHS 9/11 Memorial Students and Staff and Police and Fire 2015

Oak Ridge High School students and staff greet and thank Oak Ridge police officers and firefighters and military recruiters during a 9/11 memorial ceremony at ORHS on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

ORHS 9/11 Memorial Students and Staff and Police and Fire 2015

Oak Ridge High School students and staff greet and thank Oak Ridge police officers and firefighters and military recruiters during a 9/11 memorial ceremony at ORHS on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

ORHS 9/11 Memorial Students and Staff and Police and Fire 2015

Oak Ridge High School students and staff greet and thank Oak Ridge police officers and firefighters and military recruiters during a 9/11 memorial ceremony at ORHS on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

ORHS 9/11 Memorial Student and Staff

Oak Ridge High School students and staff are pictured at the 9/11 memorial at ORHS on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. The memorial includes steel beams and a granite block from the two World Trade Center towers in New York City, which collapsed after being hit by two airplanes in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

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