The SMU Police Department and first responders from the surrounding community will commemorate the 18th anniversary of 9/11 with a ceremony honoring the police officers and firefighters who lost their lives in the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
SMU Police officers, along with members of the Highland Park Department of Public Safety and University Park Police and Fire Departments, will participate in a combined honor guard and bell ceremony for the fallen. The remembrance will feature remarks from SMU President R. Gerald Turner, SMU Police Chief Jim Walters and Patrick Mordente, USAF, director of the George W. Bush Library and Museum.
The ceremony is to honor the police officers and firefighters who lost their lives in the 9/11 terror attacks on Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 8:45 a.m. The event will be held at the flagpole on SMU’s historic Main Quad, at the north end of Bishop Boulevard. The event is free and open to the public.