SARASOTA, Fla. (Sept. 11, 2020) – The Office of Veteran Success at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee campus hosts a remembrance ceremony each year to honor and pay tribute to all those affected by the events on Sept. 11, 2001. To promote a healthy and safe campus during this pandemic, a video was created as a replacement for the annual on-campus ceremony.
The remembrance video features an address by USF President Steven Currall, footage of past remembrance ceremonies and a special commemorative poem by USF alumnus and 9/11 survivor Dan Hoffe.
Hoffe, who earned an MBA at USF in 2005 and serves as executive vice president of Capstan Financial Consulting Group in Sarasota, was inside the World Trade Center when two hijacked passenger jets crashed into the two buildings.
Emerging from the south tower, he turned long enough to see smoke and flames pouring from shattered windows. On the video, Hoffe plays a recording of an anxious call to his wife to assure her he wasn’t hurt, and he recites one of the many poems he has written about the event and its impact on him and others.
In addition to President Currall, Hoffe is joined on the video by campus Veteran Services Coordinator Carlos Moreira and Regional Chancellor Karen A. Holbrook, who offer their thoughts about the sacrifices made that day and the response of millions of Americans to pull together as one.
The video can be viewed here, http://sarasotamanatee.usf.edu/911.
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