Sept. 11 Memorial Service to be Held at SUNY Plattsburgh
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Sept. 9) - A memorial service in remembrance of the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, will be held at SUNY Plattsburgh on Thursday, Sept. 11 at 12:15 p.m. by the pond next to Hawkins Hall.
SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Richard Schnell and Student Association President Angel Acosta will make brief remarks, and the Plattsburgh State Gospel Choir will perform. Jackie Robertin, the campus minister at the Newman Center, and Tim Atwater, the Protestant campus minister, will participate in the ceremony as well. Brandon Grom, the Student Association vice president for student services will be the emcee.
The service, which is open to the public, will be held at the memorial honoring two Plattsburgh State alumni who perished in the collapse of the World Trade Center. Robert Sutcliffe was a 1984 graduate and worked as a broker for Harvey, Young and Yurman. William Erwin, a 1992 graduate, was a broker from Cantor Fitzgerald.