University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook

“G fe^JNm^. cie ^ i\ \1 /i < , On the morning of Tuesday, September 1 1 , 2001 , Notre Dame students went about their usual routines. Some grabbed breakfast at the dining halls, others hurried to finish work due for their morning classes, and still others raced to make it to those classes on time. It did not take long, however, for all those tasks to become meaningless. For some, it began with a phone call from a frantic parent or with the visit of a friaid. For others, a quick glance at any television or internet news service brought the unbelievable, the inconceivable, the shocking real- ity of a country ripped of its complacency and security in a matter of seconds. And from diat moment on, each and every student at Notre Dame would be forever changed. They can all tell you die exact mo- ment they heard the news, the first person in whom they sought com- fort, the location of the television they watched in awe for hours. On September 1 1 , terrorists attacked the heart of America. Commercial airliners crashed into and leveled the World Trade Center in New York City. A plane crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, EXIl, and yet another plane crashed outside Httsburgh, Pennsylvania. Thousands died, millions waited in terror to hear from family and friends caught in the disaster, and millions more worldwide struggled to cope with the sad- ness, the fear, the consequences. Notre Dame students often joke about the " golden bubble " that separates them from the real world; on the morning of September 1 1 , ' - ' " ' ^®a W® btand In a shciw of solidarity and however, that bubble disappeared. With students from around the world support, tl-ie Notre Dame fam- ily gathers on Soutli Quad for a mass and an incredible alumni base, the University ' s connections to the disas- ^^{ prayer aiid remembrance. Over ^j- o^L J^u 1 --: A^ \^ ^ 6,000 ptxiple attended the mass, presided ' ter were extraordinary, but beyond the personal connections, the heart- ■ , , • n. j d c j j ' ' ^ over by University Resident Rev. bdward Continued... A. Malloy, C.S.C. ; e@@Qn ”