MSD commemorates 20th anniversary of 9/11

On Sept. 10th, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School began the daily morning announcements with a playing the national anthem and a special reading to start off the day’s memorial events for the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 tragedy. After reading his normal morning announcements, Assistant Principal Daniel Lechtman introduced junior Blake Ogden, who would give a solo performance of “T...

The lives lost on the Sept. 11, 2001 tragedy were honored by Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School throughout both A and B lunches with moving performances. Following tradition from previous years, these events were organized by MSD’s Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps (JROTC) program.  As the memorial evolves throughout the years, this year’s newest addition included the playing of the n...

With the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001 passing, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School reflects on their personal connections to the terrorist attack. Former resource officer at MSD Richie Wentz was a retired member of the New York City Police Department who helped victims out of the World Trade Center on 9/11.  Unfortunately, in 2013, Wentz passed away from cancer as a result of “first res...

Back in 2003, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School drama teacher Melody Herzfeld was approached by former student Daniel Burns about a book, “With Their Eyes.” At the time, it had been almost two years after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack in New York City on the World Trade Center. “With Their Eyes,” edited by Annie Thomas, is a series of monologues that were originally interviews of ...