The Berkeley College Republicans memorialized the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks Tuesday by setting up a display of more than 3,000 miniature American flags at Memorial Glade.
The display was composed of plastic replicas of the flag grouped together to form the numbers nine and 11, with an airplane between the two pointing toward the 11 — a reminder of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center 11 years ago.
“We want to make sure the victims of 9/11 are never forgotten,” said Derek Zhou, president of the BCR.
Throughout the day, students went to the display to snap photos, take a moment of silence or to simply admire the display and sympathize with fellow students who recall the impact the event had on their lives.
“There are about 3,000 flags that we put up to signify that approximately 3,000 people that died that day,” said Steven Mireles, a member of the BCR. “It’s a day that changed our childhood, and everyone should remember it.”
Using the break she had between classes to sit on the grass and admire the display, campus sophomore Melissa Jeng said the display was very commemorative of the tragedy.
“(It) is a great way to remind everybody of the losses that occurred that day,” she said.
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Correction(s):
A previous version of this article incorrectly listed Aliyah Mohammed as the author of the article. In fact, Ailya Naqvi wrote the article.
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It makes me feel very sad to realize that it is left to a student group to organize a 9/11 memorial, while the PC stalinist administration pretends like it never happened.
Only a Berkeley newspaper’s site would turn a simple memorial and a dedication into a political debate. Stop analyzing, start remembering what our country is about.
It is excruciatingly tasteless to “commemorate” 9-11 by showing a plane flying into the twin towers. Commemoration is about the lives that didn’t have a chance to be fulfilled, not some pathetic, righteousness-inspiring graphic that shows exactly how all those people died. When we focus on the buildings and the planes and the symbols and the leaders, we lose sight of what actually happened: lives were lost in a senseless act of violence. It seems that Americans collectively lost sight of the human aspect of that tragedy as soon as they overzealously supported Bush II’s invasion of Afghanistan. Shame on you, BCR. I would be rolling in my grave if I’d died in those attacks and I knew that the day was being commemorated by a graphic representation of exactly how it happened.
I remember asking a BCR at their table on Sproul around the time the Iraq War started if =they themselves= were going to enlist in the military and fight terrorism. You’d be surprised at the excuses I got
Whereas millions of victims of American imperialism remain unmourned (think Iraq, Vietnam, Afghanistan). The sooner the American empire comes crashing down for good, the better.
True. It’s sad that 3000 americans died, and it’s also sad that several 100,000′s of Iraqis died.
“a reminder of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center 11 years ago”
Wait what crashed into the towers…I forgot.
Look at history before the US became the super power of the world, and you will see the future when the US is no longer the super power. I am sure citizen will be glad to get back to the days of Nazi Germany, Stalin’s USSR, and a world that is filled with death in the tens of millions from pogroms, war, lack of medicine, and a general disregard for life. Citizen is a reminder that not just Cal students post about the Daily Cal’s articles.
Citizen, I will not argue with the crux of your argument. President Lyndon Johnson deliberately ignored warnings from the C.I.A., D.O.D., and the Joint Chiefs of Staff about getting involved in Vietnam. Intelligence agencies willingly filtered information supplied to the Bush administration about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. This is in addition to soldiers and sailors being used as an ATM machine for the military industrial complex. As the adage goes, be careful what you ask for. So you can’t wait for the American empire to come crashing down. Go to El Paso and drive fifteen miles into Mexico.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us. When do you plan on moving somewhere more to your liking, such as Iran, North Korea, or Cuba? Or are you merely another one of the typical lefty hypocrite crybabies who piss and moan about how bad our country is while continuing to live here and exercising rights you wouldn’t have if those whose political beliefs you support were in charge instead?
“When do you plan on moving somewhere more to your liking, such as Iran, North Korea, or Cuba”
When he actually even mentions it in the first place???….Hell, I wouldn’t want to live there. But how does not killing millions of people give us what we have? If it does, I sure don’t want it–that’s unconscionable.
I see you avoided the issue. We aren’t “killing millions of people” – that’s plain left-wing Marxist bullcrap.