{"id":9000,"date":"2021-09-10T13:44:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T17:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/?p=9000"},"modified":"2021-09-10T13:44:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T17:44:51","slug":"september-11-reflections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/2021\/09\/10\/september-11-reflections\/","title":{"rendered":"September 11 Reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The following was sent to all students, on Friday, Sept. 10, 2021.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>10 September 2021<\/p>\n<p>Beloved,<\/p>\n<p>As you know, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, killed nearly 3,000 people.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/remember\/in-memoriam\/index.html\">We tragically lost several BU Alums<\/a> and many loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>Marsh Chapel will lead our community in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/chapel\/about\/calendar\/?eid=256793\">an observance in remembering<\/a> the twentieth anniversary of the September 11, attacks. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/today\/\">BU Today<\/a> is offering reflections to remember the victims of the attacks and to explore the ongoing effects of the September 11, tragedy. There, you will encounter related stories, podcasts, and hope.<\/p>\n<p>If\u00a0you find a need for someone to listen, Crisis Counseling (930 Commonwealth Avenue, 617-353-7277),\u00a0Behavioral\u00a0Medicine (881 Commonwealth Avenue, 617-353-3569), and the University Chaplains Office (Marsh Chapel, 617-358-3394) are staffed with people who may be of assistance.<\/p>\n<p>I am still at a loss for words, so, personally, this year on September 11, I plan to pause and reflect at 8:46 a.m., 9:03 a.m., 9:37 a.m., and 10:03 a.m. (all EST). * I hope you will join me.<\/p>\n<p>Stay encouraged,<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth Elmore<br \/>\nAssociate Provost and Dean of Students<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>*<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>8:46 a.m. because it is when a hijacked plane crashed into the World Trade Center\u2019s North Tower<\/li>\n<li>9:03 a.m. because it is when another hijacked plane crashed into World Trade Center\u2019s South Tower<\/li>\n<li>9:37 a.m. because it is when another hijacked plane crashed into the Pentagon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>10:03 a.m. because it is when another hijacked plane crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following was sent to all students, on Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. 10 September 2021 Beloved, As you know, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, killed nearly 3,000 people.\u00a0We tragically lost several BU Alums and many loved ones. Marsh Chapel will lead our community in an observance in remembering the twentieth anniversary of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18969,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3766],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9000"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18969"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9000"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9002,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9000\/revisions\/9002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}