Photo by Mike Brothers
Patriots Day reflections were depicted in a video watched by the assembly at Sullivan High School. Above Sullivan Mayor Ann Short, Sheriff Chris Sims, Chief of Sullivan Police John Love and guest speaker Nathan Becker watched somber memories from 9-11-01.

•September 14, 2016•

The Sullivan High School Career English class Patriots Day assembly honored area first responders and military Sept. 8 in the high school gymnasium.

Before a gathering of students, first responders, military personnel and guests Rebecca Lawson’s class guided the school assembly through the events with presentation of the American flag by the National Guard, special musical arrangements and recollections of what Sept. 11, 2001 means today.

For SHS science teacher Nathan Becker, a sophomore at Sullivan High School in 2001, it was a day he can never forget.

“Like you students,” Becker began telling the assembled crowd, he was sitting in the commons with friends before school. “On the television in the corner we could see the fire from the first World Trade Center strike.”

Shortly before the bell for class, Becker said they watched the second tower get hit, and the silence over everyone in the halls indicated something was very wrong.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.