OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — The people killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are not forgotten by those in East Tennessee.

Twenty-four years ago, four hijacked planes crashed into both World Trade Center towers in New York City, the Pentagon in D.C. and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Since 2003, Oak Ridge High School has hosted a 9/11 memorial event, inviting first responders to its memorial and honoring the lives lost in the attacks.

There's not a student at the school who was alive in 2001, but that doesn't matter for the people who attended today's event.

"Events that were supposed to disorganize the country and are supposed to bring chaos don't have to do that," ORHS student Patrik Vodopivec, said. "They can also do the opposite. And so, even in times now when we may ha

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