9/11: On a difficult anniversary, Urban students find peace in nature
Hannah Sears, Staff Writer
October 12, 2011
Silence, stillness, and mystery; death and nature have always been intertwined, and Urban students felt this connection especially strongly as they hiked through the picturesque Yosemite Valley in California on the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and United... Read more »
9/11: Urban History Teacher LeRoy Votto remembers how school reacted
Kyra Bergsund, Staff Writer
September 28, 2011
For Urban history teacher LeRoy Votto, recalling the events of 9/11 brings back anger. “I gotta tell you, I was enraged. I also have to tell you, I still am,” Votto said. Although some details of what Urban did as a school on that day in 2001 are fuzzy for Votto, what he remembers is how quiet... Read more »
9/11: Bell tolls for victims, firefighters at Transamerica Pyramid stair climb
September 15, 2011
Legend staff writer Jason Cinti reported on the annual Transamerica Pyramid stair climb, sponsored by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and the American Lung Association. More than 200 firefighters, some from as far away as Reno, Nev., showed up to climb the 48-story building, many of them... Read more »
9/11: San Francisco Giants stage memorial before Dodgers game
David Immerman and Marney Kline, Legend staff writers
September 14, 2011
Fans filed into San Francisco’s AT&T Park on Sunday, Sept. 11 to watch their beloved Giants baseball team beat the L.A. Dodgers and to observe the 1oth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America. The opening ceremony began at noon and included a lineup of players and first responders around... Read more »
9/11 video: Urban students and teachers seek perspective on tragedy
September 14, 2011
Students and teachers at The Urban School of San Francisco share their memories of Sept. 11, 2001 in commemoration of the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C. and in Shanksville, Penn. The video gallery includes remembrances from Greg Angilly, Urban athletic director; Dan Murphy, Urban history... Read more »
9/11: San Francisco chocolate festival shows balance of bitter, sweet
Zoe Pleasure, Legend staff writer
September 13, 2011
The sounds of the Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction” floated through the air and combined with the smell of freshly melted Ghirardelli milk chocolate: the annual Ghirardelli Chocolate Festival just happened to be celebrating its 16th anniversary on the weekend of the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11. Families... Read more »
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