Students pay homage to Sept. 11 victims

In observance of Patriot Day, Riverview High School's Young Americans for Freedom Club honors the 2,977 who died on Sept. 11, 2001.

By Whitney Elfstrom
| 11:34 a.m. September 11, 2019

2,977 flags were set up on the front lawn of Riverview High on Wednesday morning.

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In honor of Patriot Day on Wednesday, Riverview High School students spent the morning of Sept. 11 remembering those killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania 18 years ago.

The Young Americans for Freedom Club arrived to campus at 5 a.m. to line the front lawn of the school with 2,977 American flags to represent the life of each person who died in the 2001 attacks.

Although many of the students at Riverview were born after 9/11, Sarasota County Schools emphasized the importance in learning about the significance behind the day in U.S. history.