People gather flags from a truck to set up during the annual “Waves of Flags” on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at Pepperdine University to honor victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Approximately 350 alumni, students, university personnel and volunteers raised American flags, and a national flag for each foreign country who lost citizens that day, representing the 2,977 victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. The display of flags, a tradition started by students in 2008, will be on display through Sept. 27. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker, contributing photographer)
Mimi Israelah holds her own flag as she poses for a picture at “Waves of Flags” on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at Pepperdine University to honor victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker, contributing photographer)
Pepperdine student Makena Mastora secures a flag she posted at the annual “Waves of Flags” on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at Pepperdine University to honor victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Approximately 350 alumni, students, university personnel and volunteers raised American flags, and a national flag for each foreign country who lost citizens that day, representing the 2,977 victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. The display of flags, a tradition started by students in 2008, will be on display through Sept. 27. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker, contributing photographer)
Pepperdine student Mark Campbell, center, carries a flag for placement at the annual “Waves of Flags” on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at Pepperdine University to honor victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Approximately 350 alumni, students, university personnel and volunteers raised American flags, and a national flag for each foreign country who lost citizens that day, representing the 2,977 victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. The display of flags, a tradition started by students in 2008, will be on display through Sept. 27. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker, contributing photographer)
Pepperdine student Jett Fukuda straightens a flag he set up at the annual “Waves of Flags” on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at Pepperdine University to honor victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Approximately 350 alumni, students, university personnel and volunteers raised American flags, and a national flag for each foreign country who lost citizens that day, representing the 2,977 victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. The display of flags, a tradition started by students in 2008, will be on display through Sept. 27. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker, contributing photographer)
People carry flags for placement at the annual “Waves of Flags” on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at Pepperdine University to honor victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Approximately 350 alumni, students, university personnel and volunteers raised American flags, and a national flag for each foreign country who lost citizens that day, representing the 2,977 victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. The display of flags, a tradition started by students in 2008, will be on display through Sept. 27. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker, contributing photographer)
Pepperdine alumnus Blake Blacklidge straightens flags at the annual “Waves of Flags” on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at Pepperdine University to honor victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Approximately 350 alumni, students, university personnel and volunteers raised American flags, and a national flag for each foreign country who lost citizens that day, representing the 2,977 victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. The display of flags, a tradition started by students in 2008, will be on display through Sept. 27. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker, contributing photographer)
Alp Toygar, who is in the Pepperdine Phd. leadership program, carries a flag for placement at the annual “Waves of Flags” on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at Pepperdine University to honor victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Approximately 350 alumni, students, university personnel and volunteers raised American flags, and a national flag for each foreign country who lost citizens that day, representing the 2,977 victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. The display of flags, a tradition started by students in 2008, will be on display through Sept. 27. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker, contributing photographer)
Pepperdine students and volleyball team members Tyler Alden, left, and Will Whidden carry flags for placement at the annual “Waves of Flags” on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at Pepperdine University to honor victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Approximately 350 alumni, students, university personnel and volunteers raised American flags, and a national flag for each foreign country who lost citizens that day, representing the 2,977 victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. The display of flags, a tradition started by students in 2008, will be on display through Sept. 27. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker, contributing photographer)
A Pepperdine student carries flags for placement at the annual “Waves of Flags” on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at Pepperdine University to honor victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Approximately 350 alumni, students, university personnel and volunteers raised American flags, and a national flag for each foreign country who lost citizens that day, representing the 2,977 victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. The display of flags, a tradition started by students in 2008, will be on display through Sept. 27. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker, contributing photographer)
Pepperdine student Kelsey Ramsey secures a flag she placed at the annual “Waves of Flags” on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at Pepperdine University to honor victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Approximately 350 alumni, students, university personnel and volunteers raised American flags, and a national flag for each foreign country who lost citizens that day, representing the 2,977 victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. The display of flags, a tradition started by students in 2008, will be on display through Sept. 27. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker, contributing photographer)
Pepperdine alumnus and Oxnard Fire Department Chief Alex Hamilton, center, posts a flag during a ceremony at the annual “Waves of Flags” on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at Pepperdine University to honor victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Approximately 350 alumni, students, university personnel and volunteers raised American flags, and a national flag for each foreign country who lost citizens that day, representing the 2,977 victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. The display of flags, a tradition started by students in 2008, will be on display through Sept. 27. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker, contributing photographer)
Members of the Civil Air Patrol in Van Nuys salute after setting up flags at the annual “Waves of Flags” on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at Pepperdine University to honor victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Approximately 350 alumni, students, university personnel and volunteers raised American flags, and a national flag for each foreign country who lost citizens that day, representing the 2,977 victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. The display of flags, a tradition started by students in 2008, will be on display through Sept. 27. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker, contributing photographer)
Volunteer Kathy Willmont unfurls a flag she posted at the annual “Waves of Flags” on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at Pepperdine University to honor victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Approximately 350 alumni, students, university personnel and volunteers raised American flags, and a national flag for each foreign country who lost citizens that day, representing the 2,977 victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. The display of flags, a tradition started by students in 2008, will be on display through Sept. 27. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker, contributing photographer)
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People gather flags from a truck to set up during the annual “Waves of Flags” on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at Pepperdine University to honor victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Approximately 350 alumni, students, university personnel and volunteers raised American flags, and a national flag for each foreign country who lost citizens that day, representing the 2,977 victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. The display of flags, a tradition started by students in 2008, will be on display through Sept. 27. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker, contributing photographer)
Pepperdine University set up its annual “Waves of Flags” on Saturday to honor and remember victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
Nearly 850 volunteers including students, faculty members and staff from the university, raised American flags representing the 2,977 victims of the Sept. 11 attacks in which airplane hijackers destroyed the Twin Towers in New York City, crashed a plane into the Pentagon, and crashed a plane in rural Pennsylvania after passengers took action against the hijackers.
Also raised were one national flag for each foreign country who lost citizens that day.
Overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the private university’s eye-catching display of flags — a tradition started by students in 2008 — is up through Sept. 27 at Alumni Park, 24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu.
People who visit the display are invited to write a note of remembrance, a prayer or a healing thought on a note card (provided at the entrance of the display) and then attach their note to one of the flag poles.
The university is holding a “9/11 Remembrance Ceremony,” 9 a.m. Sept. 11. Register in advance to attend (tinyurl.com/4umdnj2e). The ceremony is also held at Alumni Park.
Details on the “Waves of Flags” display or to register for the Sept. 27 lowering of the flags: pepperdine.edu/waves-of-flags