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GJHS students hold
14th annual Patriot Day ceremony
GREENVILLE – “Remember and cherish the sacrifices of the men and women
behind you so you can live free and safe in this community.” That was
the message to the student body at Greenville Junior High School from
Darke County Sheriff Captain Ted Bruner on Sept. 11. He was referring
to the local first responders responsible for the safety of their
communities, as well as those who had served the nation.
“Where were you when the world stopped turning?” he asked. He was
quoting an Allen Jackson song published during the days after Sept. 11,
2001. Acknowledging that most of the students either weren’t yet born
or were babies, he added “I remember it as if it happened yesterday.”
Bruner told the students over 3,000 people died that day, along with
another 400 first responders. “It was the deadliest attack in our
history,” he said. On Sept. 11, 2001, two planes were hijacked and
flown into the Twin Towers in New York City, another hijacked plane hit
the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a fourth hijacked plane was
brought down by its passengers in a field in Pennsylvania.
“As a result of that attack we’ve been at war since October 2001...
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