Friday morning the students and staff at Carroll Catholic School had a commemorative program for the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Several members of the Lincoln Rural Fire District team, members of the Lincoln Police Department, fire Chief Mark Miller and Lincoln Mayor Keith Snyder attended the program.

Several students delivered prayers and short readings or recited poems that spoke of the disaster and the individuals who lost their lives when the twin towers of the World Trade Center were destroyed in New York City. Students Reagen Tibbs and Hayden Sanborn exhibited a flag that has the names of every victim printed in the stripes.

Cub Scout Pack 4101 presented the American flag and led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance and in singing "God Bless America."

Pictures by Marla Blair

Members of the rural and city fire departments attended the memorial program with respect and regard for the men and women who died while performing their jobs as New York City firefighters during the terrorist attacks.

Lincoln city police and local firefighters waited while students entered the gym and took their places for the program on Friday morning.

The kindergarten class used its usual method of staying together as a means of displaying banners of the American flag.

In turn, Cub Scouts and other students stood silent as firefighters and police officers filed into Carroll Catholic School gym for the memorial program.

Unplanned and by accident, police, firefighters and city officials stood in an appropriate location under the Carroll Catholic Crusaders banner in the gym on Friday.

Reagen Tibbs and Hayden Sanborn exhibited a flag that includes the names of the Sept. 11, 2001, victims printed on the stripes. A second such flag is at the Lincoln Fire Department.

Cub Scout Pack 4101 performed the duties of color guard and led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance and in singing "God Bless America."

Lincoln Mayor Keith Snyder, fire Chief Mark Miller, Deputy Chief Michael Geriets of the police and Carroll Catholic Principal David Welch listened to a student's comments after the Friday morning program.

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