UW-Madison student organizations sponsored a memorial service Thursday for the nearly 3,000 victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Guest speaker U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeremiah Workman spoke of his experience at the time of the attacks.
I will never forget what I was doing at the time it happened,"" Workman recalled. ""I was in Marine Corps boot camp for about two weeks, I just turned 18 and was standing outside the barbershop in Pariss Island.
""All I heard was there was an attack, there was an attack. It wasn't real to me. It was like yes, it had happened, but I wasn't [in New York] to experience the emotion of everything that was going on. It put fear in our country.""
Workman asked attendees to keep the men and women who are overseas, fighting in the war on terror, in their thoughts and prayers.
After the service in the Social Sciences building, attendees moved to Bascom Hill for a candlelight vigil. Soldiers posted a large American flag amid the thousands of smaller flags - one for each victim of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Among student groups who participated in the event were UW-Madison College Republicans and College Democrats, and the Association Students of Madison.
""I think it's really important that we remember what happened and we never forget so that hopefully it will never happen again,"" Sara Mikolajczak, chair of the College Republicans, said.
