Edison High School plants 500 flags in remembrance of 9/11

Edison High School students, parents and staff on Friday morning remembered the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United States.

Sam Derusse, 17, a student at Edison High, stands in middle of school near 500 American flags placed on campus Friday.

(Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer)

Edison Principal Jennifer Graves said that 500 American flags were planted at 6:45 a.m. before the start of classes, many of them in the bowl area in the center of campus as well as in front of the school.

Edison teacher Josh Bammer, a U.S. Army veteran, read a passage to recognize the occasion as well.

A student at Edison High School in Huntington Beach, walks past 500 American flags that are planted in the middle of campus.

(Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer)

“We wanted to do something special,” Graves said. “These students were all born after 9/11, but we want to make sure no one ever forgets.”

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