An assembly to remember....
A special Wednesday schedule allowed us to convene for a 40 minute assembly to observe the one year anniversary of the attacks of September 11. This gathering moved quickly from music, to poetry, to candle-lighting in a manner that was dignified, emotional, and serene. Tom Eslick sang his own composition reflecting on the significance of the day, "What We Remember."
Dan Carpenter '84, classmate of Teddy Maloney, spoke with emotion of the opportunity to join the search and rescue efforts at Ground Zero in the days immediately following the collapse of the World Trade Towers.
Dan, who now serves on the Osterville-Centerville Fire Department on Cape Cod, started his fire-fighting career as a member of the Proctor Academy Fire Department. He detailed both the horror of the scene and the honor he felt to be called to service, and he reminded us "Those who died did not die for freedom, as other Americans have; they died because of our freedom...." Dan also displayed a few photographs from his time working at the site of the South Tower.
At a school known for its hilarious assemblies, this was a very solemn, wholly appropriate time together.
