Under a clear windless sky, the College flag lay motionless at half staff as the sun fell behind the hills west of campus. A crowd of several hundred gathered around the Nott Memorial to await the start of a ceremony to remember the day two years ago when the world, too, stood still.
“We all remember where we were,” President Roger Hull told a group at the Wednesday night candle vigil. “We remember the support we received from each other, from our community, this community.”
David Stone '06 played “Amazing Grace” on the College chimes from atop Memorial Chapel as the group circled the Nott and stood with arms locked and candles burning. Steve Weisse, husband of Prof. Carol Weisse, played “Taps,” the bugle call composed by Daniel Butterfield, Class of 1849, who rose to the rank of major general in the Union Army. Stone chimed out “America the Beautiful” as the participants filed away.
Losses to the Union family from the attacks included: Thomas Duffy '71; Andrew Fredericks '83; Peter Freund '77;
Donald Kauth '74; Alexander Steinman '91; Christopher Quackenbush, husband of
Traci S. Quackenbush '80; Timothy Haviland, brother of
David Haviland '83; Arlene Fried, mother of Allison Fried '02;
and James Patrick, brother of Kevin Patrick, former
assistant hockey coach.