Las Vegas joins the rest of the nation in mourning the lives lost during the 9/11 terror attacks, which took place 25 years ago today.
- About 10,000 tourists were stranded in Las Vegas with 70 flights grounded after the attacks. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]
- In the year following Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of items were left outside the New York-New York casino, which became a spontaneous memorial site to honor the victims. [KVVU]
- Palo Verde High School holds a remembrance ceremony each year for Barbara Edwards, a teacher who was on the plane that crashed into the Pentagon. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]
- 9/11 prompted the Hoover Dam to increase security protocols and accelerated the construction of the Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge as a bypass route. [Los Angeles Times]
- The hijackers spent time in Vegas before the attacks, although widespread talk of them scouting potential terror targets or laundering money via casinos remains unconfirmed by authorities. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]
- Every state has different requirements on 9/11 education. Nevada doesn’t specify instruction on the events of that day, but there’s room for adaptation into high school history classes. [Associated Press]
- Local Events: A public memorial ceremony at Police Memorial Park is today at 10 a.m., a memorial service and flag planting is tomorrow, 8-11 a.m. at Floyd Lamb Park, a morning of volunteerism is scheduled at Cornerstone Park in Henderson tomorrow, 8 a.m. to noon, and Super Summer Theatre continues its production of “Come From Away,” a musical based on the true story of a small airport in Newfoundland welcoming 7,000 passengers whose planes were grounded on Sept. 11, 2001.
