On Saturday,September 6th, volunteers from all over Southern California joined Pepperdine University staff, and students,and the Malibu community, to plant nearly 3000 flags, and in honor of those lives lost on September 11,2001. The flags represented both national and international vicitms. People had individual reasons to join this collective gathering paying respect and tribute to the victims and their families. It is difficult to express the profound impact one has, standing beside row upon row of flags. As they wave in the wind, or you are dwarfed by the sheer magnitude of the lives lost,a shadow in this sea of flags. Pepperdine University’s “Waves of Flags”, in honor of 911, and is a humbling reminder to embrace every moment we are blessed with.
Source: cnn.com