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Show DAILY HERALD Sunday. September 11 2004 Remembering 9.11 Patriot Day Continued from Al WTC Continued from A I , hearts forever," said Stewart D. Wort on, looking skyward and remembering his son, Rodney ' James Wort on. Four moments of silence were observed at 8:46, 9:03, 959 and 1029 am the precise times that the two planes slammed into the buildings and when they collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001. Bells tolled at the moment hijacked Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, Pa. A moment of silence was observed at the Pentagon for the 184 victims there. And President Bush stood in silence on the White House lawn to mark the third anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on salute, flag ceremony, n balloon launch and speech by military veteran and Utah National Guard member 21-gu- 34-ye- Paul Holton. Holton returned from Iraq in March after serving as a Chief Warrant Officer and interrogator. . He said he is proud of his heritage and happy to serve his country. "First and foremost I am a patriot," he said. "I am proud to wear this uniform. I love to stand in front of the mirror and look at myself with it on." Holton warned listeners about accepting negative portraits of the military in the me-- -dia, especially of interrogators. "The Abu Ghraib prison scenario was an isolated incident," he said. "As a whole we are very obedient and comply with the Geneva Convention." Holton, known to some as Chief Wiggles, also spoke about his experiences with Operation Give, a program he started that brought thousands of toys to Iraqi children. "I took a slight amount of initiative to reach out to the lives of the children in that country," he said. "You don't hear about this on the news, but there are thousands of American soldiers ' Williams. Former Mayor Rudolph Giu- liani, Gov. George Pataki and U.S. soil. For those at ground zero, the pain remained fresh Pat Haw- ley, 44, said he comes to the ceremony every year to remember his older sister, Karen Sue , Ju-da- y. . "It seems like it gets harder every year, because it's that much more time since I've been able to talk to my sister and be with her," said Hawley, of Char- like myself." Linda Walton, a chaplain for the UVSC Interf aith Association, offered a poetic meditation and moment of silence for prayer as part of the program. Walton, who has been involved in similar memorials since 2001, said she chose to have a moment of silence for participants to pray rather than picking a form of prayer that might offend someone present. Josh Sorensen, a Provo resident, came with his wife and children to the event after reading about it in the newspaper. He said he thinks the family will likely make it an annual affair. "We wanted to do something to commemorate the day," he said. "I think it teaches community interaction, appreciation and national awareness." Carol Eckna. "We miss your big smile, Kev," said Mike Williams, recalling his son, Kevin Michael f ' . - . ..: h'K irX:r 1Z FRANIf BOTTDaily Herald Ryan Morris, of the Independence High School Junior ROTC program, salutes after planting the flag into the ground during the Patriot Day celebration in Provo 's Memorial Park Saturday morning. lotte, N.q. Hundreds of family members descended a long ramp into ground zero, sobbing, embracing each other and tossing a layer of roses onto two square reflecting pools meant to evoke the fallen twin towers. Some wore images of their othlost loved ones on ers held large pictures aloft. "It's just a place to reconnect," said Anne Allen, 58, of Fort Lee, N. J., whose brother, Salvatore Pepe, was killed at the trade center. "This is where he was last." Reading from two lecterns, the parents and grandparents provided a bookend to last year's anniversary ceremony, when children of attack victims read the list of names. The relatives read the list slowly and precisely above violin strains; some hugged when they finished their portion of the list. "Our loving son, Paul Robert Eckna, our tower of strength we love and miss you," said others gave readings with a clear theme the inexpressible grief of losing a child. Pataki quoted President Dwight Eisenhower: "There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were." When it ended, a chorus of children sang and two trumone each from the popeters lice and fire departments played Taps. At Arlington National Cemetery, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld joined relatives of those killed in the Pentagon near a large granite marker that bears the names of each victim. Family members laid flags at the marker and ran their fingers across the names inscribed. In a field in western Pennsylvania where Flight 93 went down, volunteers rang two large bells as the names of each of the plane's 40 passengers and crew were read. "We know that no words, no memorials, nothing can take the place of all that you have lost," Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said to the victims' families at the ceremony. Across the nation, communities commemorated the attacks in different ways, with church services, dedications and moments of silence. In Boston, a small plane pulled an American flag behind it as about 150 relatives of victims had a moment of silence. Soldiers also paused at Fort Bragg, N.C., while nearly 70,000 fans at State football an Iowa-Iow- a game rose to cheer three New York City firefighters and a faded American flag that was unearthed in the rubble of the World Trade Center. 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