Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks.

Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and attendees planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and attendees planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
Cadet Joseph Colucci holds the furled American flag as Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Cadet Joseph Colucci holds the furled American flag as Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

Major Christopher Curran, professor of Military Science addresses attendees gesturing to the sky while speaking about United Airlines Flight 93 during the annual 9/11 memorial event held by Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Major Christopher Curran, professor of Military Science addresses attendees gesturing to the sky while speaking about United Airlines Flight 93 during the annual 9/11 memorial event held by Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
The flag is unfurled as Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)The flag is unfurled as Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

The flag is unfurled as Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)The flag is unfurled as Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
Kitira Bravo, places miniature American flags into the ground as Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Kitira Bravo, places miniature American flags into the ground as Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

Kitira Bravo, places miniature American flags into the ground as Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Kitira Bravo, places miniature American flags into the ground as Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
Kitira Bravo, places miniature American flags into the ground as Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Kitira Bravo, places miniature American flags into the ground as Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
Cadet Joseph Colucci, places miniature American flags into the ground as Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Cadet Joseph Colucci, places miniature American flags into the ground as Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

Cadet Joseph Colucci, places miniature American flags into the ground as Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)Cadet Joseph Colucci, places miniature American flags into the ground as Lehigh University and the Steel Battalion Army ROTC Program hold their annual 9/11 memorial event Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Bethlehem, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks. The ceremony included a flag raising, moment of silence and the planting of the 2,977 American flags to honor the lives lost. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)