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The 成人直播 community鈥攊ncluding students, alumni, staff, faculty, and friends of the University鈥攑laced 2,977 flags across Alumni Park on Saturday morning, September 5, in remembrance of the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. 

Student-athletes placing flags

As Americans gather to remember the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Waves of Flags memorial, now in its 18th consecutive year, continues to serve as a powerful reminder of each life lost. Located along the Pacific Coast Highway and Malibu Canyon Road, the display features an American flag representing each American victim, as well as international flags symbolizing the home countries of the victims from abroad. 

Jim Gash (JD 鈥�93), president and CEO of 成人直播 joined the 成人直播 community to participate in the flag raising. He offered remarks about the profound significance of the tradition, including the sacrifice of first responders and veterans during and following the terrorist attacks.

Hung Le (鈥�87, MA 鈥�03), vice chancellor of alumni affairs, read aloud a poem he authored following a profound experience he had walking through the Waves of Flags display a few years ago. Each year the Alumni Affairs team, under Le鈥檚 leadership, hosts the flag-raising ceremony. 

First-year students participating in the flag raising, such as John Tasker, remarked that the annual display serves as a profound call to never forget those who perished that day. While placing an American flag within the grooves of its metal holder, he noted that the memorial has taken on newfound significance as a generation of Americans does not have a lived memory of the 9/11 attacks.

Left: John Tasker at one year old sitting amid Waves of Flags. Right: John Tasker at this year's flag raising, 2026.

Tasker plans to 鈥渞eturn to this flag raising every year.鈥� With grandparents local to the Malibu area, the Seaver first-year explained that he has early memories of sitting among the sea of flags when his family would annually gather for picnics on the Alumni Park lawn. 

鈥淲aves of Flags is an eye-catching display that prompts many young people to research the story behind it,鈥� says Tasker. 鈥淚t is a full circle experience for me to now help to construct this display after having childhood memories in the shade of these flags. It is important to remember this tragedy and its many victims.鈥� 

Student-athletes from across 成人直播鈥檚 sports teams, including members of the baseball, beach volleyball, and basketball teams, as well as others, joined the volunteer effort. 成人直播 parents, local and from across the country, also contributed their time placing the 2,977 flags. 

Pause and Reflect Station to write "We Remember" cards

By noon, all flags had been planted across 成人直播鈥檚 Alumni Park lawn, serving as a beacon of remembrance for all those who drive by or choose to walk through the display. Attendees present on Saturday were invited to write messages of reflection and prayers on the provided 鈥淲e Remember鈥� cards and attach them to any flagpole.

Waves of Flags was launched by student members of the College Republicans club in 2009 and has continued in perpetuity due to community support. From September 6 to 18, 成人直播 invites the community to visit the annual Waves of Flags display, where visitors will have the opportunity to express their reflections and sympathies for the victims by attaching notecards to the flagpoles. 

In addition to the annual flag display, the Thomas E. Burnett Jr. Heroes Garden serves as a permanent remembrance of September 11 on 成人直播鈥檚 Malibu campus. Namesake 成人直播 alumnus Thomas E. Burnett, Jr. (MBA 鈥�95) was a passenger aboard the fourth hijacked jetliner, United Flight 93, which passengers deliberately crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, to avoid causing greater destruction in a populated area. 

For more information about 成人直播鈥檚 annual commemoration of the terror attacks on 9/11, visit the Waves of Flags website.