Residents, visitors asked to take part in 9-11 observances
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Advertiser Staff
The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be remembered in several observances around O'ahu this week.
At 8:46 a.m. tomorrow, Gov. Linda Lingle will make a radio and TV public-service announcement in remembrance of the second anniversary of the attacks.
The governor is calling on Hawai'i residents and visitors to observe the day with appropriate memorial ceremonies, vigils and prayer. All flags at state buildings will be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sundown in honor of the victims.
The governor's 30-second message will air on all four television network stations, Oceanic Cable stations, 'Olelo, KIKU and KBFD, as well as radio stations statewide. It will include a moment of silence.
Also at 8:46 a.m., state legislators will have a moment of silence at the liberty bell on the State Capitol grounds.
The ceremony is open to the public and churches in downtown Honolulu have been invited to participate by ringing their bells at the same time.
State schools Superintendent Pat Hamamoto and Robert Witt, executive director of the Hawai'i Association of Independent Schools, are encouraging students and teachers to tune in to the message and to observe a moment of reflection or other remembrances at their schools. Ê
Also tomorrow, Lingle will join Adm. Thomas Fargo, commander of U.S. military forces in the Pacific, and other military leaders in a moment of silence at the Joint Education Venture Forum at Hickam Air Force Base at 9 a.m.
At noon, Lingle will lead 51 Mrs. America contestants in a moment of silence and remembrance at Washington Place.
The public is also invited to a Prayer for Peace ceremony at 11 a.m. tomorrow in front of the flagpole at Chaminade University and Saint Louis School.
Nearly 1,000 students from fifth grade through college are expected to join hands for the prayer service. Saint Louis Junior ROTC cadets will conduct the flag ceremony.
The Rotary Club of Honolulu today will hold a special lei presentation for those receiving the Maile Hale Fellowships.
Hale, the daughter of Rotary member Rob Hale and his wife, Carol Ann, was killed at the World Trade Center. The 1993 Kaiser High valedictorian and graduate of Wesleyan University was at a seminar at the Windows on the World restaurant during the attacks.
Mel Kaneshige, Frank Boas, Tim Johns, Stan Long and Dave Erdman will receive a Maile Hale Fellowship.
And at Marine Corps Base Hawai'i, a remembrance ceremony will be held tomorrow at the Pacific War Memorial at 6 p.m., with music by the Marine Forces Pacific Band, and special appearances by John DiCarlAntonio of the New York Police Department, and Lance Cpl. Michael Tobey of 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment.
DiCarlAntonio, a patrolman with more than 20 years experience, was in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, just before its collapse, and Tobey was wounded as his unit moved into Baghdad, Iraq.
The sunset event is open to the public, and the H-3 gate will be open strictly for ceremony traffic after 5 p.m.
