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THOUSANDS OF MIAMI-DADE STUDENTS TO JOIN IN 9/11
COMMEMORATION
September 6, 2002
A community-wide moment of silence and a 410,000-voice
chorus of "God Bless America" will highlight the Miami-Dade
school system's commemoration next Wednesday of last year's
September 11 terrorist attacks.
The event's centerpiece will be an 11 a.m. ceremony outside
school system headquarters, 1450 N.E. 2 Ave. The ceremony
will be transmitted live via closed-circuit TV to classrooms
across the county, allowing students and employees in
schools to participate.
Some 1,000 students, employees and community leaders are
expected to attend the outdoor ceremony, on Northeast 15th
Street between First and Second avenues.
The event will feature tributes to the attacks'victims;
local police, firefighters and volunteers who helped in the
search and rescue effort; and Miami-Dade alumni fighting in
the U.S. military's war on terror.