USD to Commemorate 9/11 Anniversary

The University of San Diego will commemorate the tragic events of 9/11 this Tuesday. The event will held at USD’s 9/11 memorial in front of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice.

A short prayer service will be held at 10 a.m. Transposed for Pacific time, the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) will render honors and play Taps when the four planes crashed.

8:46 a.m. – American Airlines crashes into the North Tower
9:03 a.m. – United Airlines Flight 175 crashes into the South Tower
9:37 a.m. – American Airlines Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon
9:59 a.m. – The World Trade Center’s South Tower collapses after 56 minutes
10:03 a.m. – United Airlines Flight 93 crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania
10:28 a.m. – The World Trade Center’s North Tower collapses after 102 minutes

Edward C. Luck, PhD, Dean of the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, will be available to media until noon.

About the University of San Diego

Strengthened by the Catholic intellectual tradition, we confront humanity’s challenges by fostering peace, working for justice and leading with love. With more than 8,000 students from 75 countries and 44 states, USD is the youngest independent institution on the U.S. News & World Report list of top 100 universities in the United States. USD’s eight academic divisions include the College of Arts and Sciences, the Knauss School of Business, the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, the School of Law, the School of Leadership and Education Sciences, the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, and the Division of Professional and Continuing Education. In 2021, USD was named a “Laudato Si’ University” by the Vatican with a seven-year commitment to address humanity’s urgent challenges by working together to take care of our common home.