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LAWRENCE -- The University of Kansas tonight will mark the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and remember the victims by tolling bells and holding a twilight candlelight vigil beneath the Campanile for the entire campus and surrounding community.
The Campanile bells tolled at 7:48 this morning to note the local time when American Airlines Flight 11 was flown into the north tower of the World Trade Center. Tolling also marked the successive attacks -- the second attack on the WTC, the plane crash in Pennsylvania and the attack on the Pentagon -- at 8:03, 8:43 and 9:10 a.m.
At 7:48 tonight, the bells will toll again to invite the campus and community to an 8 p.m. candlelight vigil at the Campanile on Memorial Drive. The vigil, which will be similar to the one the university held days after the attacks last year, will feature music and speakers. Among the scheduled speakers are Janet Murguia, executive vice chancellor for university relations; Jonathan Ng, KU student body president; and Sue Hack, Lawrence mayor.
Danforth Chapel will be open during the day for the public to visit and reflect.
More than 2,800 people were killed in the terrorist attacks.
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