Local Schools Remember Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks
For the fourth year, Randall Middle School students will plant markers in front of the school, representing the 2,986 victims of the terrorist attacks.
Although they were only toddlers when the planes crashed into the World Trade Center and Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, students at Randall Middle School on FishHawk Boulevard, are determined that the 2,986 victims will never be forgotten. For the fourth year, members of teacher Kristy Verdi's Randall Area Youth Service Council will pay tribute to those who perished on 9/11 by creating a memorial in front of the school. The students have created markers for each victim that the student body will plant on the school grounds to create a giant American flag. Throughout the day today, every class at the middle school will spend time inserting the markers in the ground. This year, after the flag has been finished, a lift truck will be used to …
