Legacy Christian Academy holds 9/11 remembrance ceremony

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Twenty four years ago, America stood still as it watched the haunting images of the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania burning and collapsing as a result of a terrorist attack.

On that fateful day, 2,977 people were killed. Today, though, educators are now faced with a very tough task. There are no students today that were alive during 9/11. So today, at the Legacy Christian Academy, they continued a tradition of education and remembrance to honor those lost and teach those who never saw.

“We have so many kids that don’t understand what happened on 9/11. And for those who even have heard about it, it’s still a faint memory. And for us, we want to honor those not just who died and serve, but all those who are serving now. And so for us to do the remembrance service is just a way to help them see those who are serving around them at this moment,” said Legacy Christian Academy principal Jerry Giffard.

Many who were alive during 9/11 struggle to express the emotions felt during those terrorist attacks in the coming days, months and years, but now a responsibility has been placed on those who do remember to pass on the stories of the countless selfless acts of sacrifice that occurred that day.

“I believe that every generation has some defining moment, some event that makes them into who they are. For those who are alive on 9/11 and remember it vividly. Part of our responsibility to pass on to the next generation the sacrifice that was made, the loss that was there and the reason behind it, so that we don’t repeat those things in the next generation,” Giffard said.

Through these stories of sacrifice and heroism, there is a hope to inspire the next generation to make a positive impact wherever life may take them.

“There are times when it’s hard to do the right thing. But the we need our kids to learn that doing the right thing matters, and that that will flesh itself out in the culture if more people do what’s right. And so by helping them see these who are local heroes, who are doing this job every day, we’re helping them to understand their role in the next generation. Hopefully it’ll stick,” Giffard added.