Name: Volunteers prep meals to remember 9/11
Uploaded: 2013-09-11T12:41:00-0400
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Description: About 700 volunteers joined Gov. Pat McCrory at the N.C. State Fairgrounds Wednesday to prepare as many as 100,000 meals for needy families as a way to give back on the 12th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001.

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About 700 volunteers joined Gov. Pat McCrory at the N.C. State Fairgrounds Wednesday to prepare as many as 100,000 meals for needy families as a way to give back on the 12th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001. 

NATION. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I'M DAVID CRABTREE. >> I'M DEBRA MORGAN. THESE GATHERINGS AT GROUND ZERO BECAME TRADITION OVER 12 YEARS, NAMES EDGED IN STONE, READ TO THE CROWD, BELLS MARKED TO MARK THE MOMENTS FROZE INN MEMORY. THE EXACT MINUTES WHEN THE FLAMES HIT AND THE TIME THE TWIN TOWERS FELL. THIS TIME NEXT YEAR THE AMERICANS CAN MARK THIS DAY AT THE NATIONAL 911 MUSEUM. ONE EXHIBIT WILL OFFER DETAILS ON EVERY VICTIM OF THE 911 ATTACK. IT'S A YEAR AND A HALF BEHIND SCHEDULE AND OPENS NEXT SPRING. WALL STREET PAUSED FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE BEFORE THE OPENING BELL. THE MARKETS WERE CLOSED FOR NOW TRADING DAYS AFTER THE 2001 ATTACKS. IN THE CAPITOL THE MEMORIES FRESH AS WELL. THIS WAS THE SCENE AT THE PENTAGON, A LARGE AMERICAN FLAG DRAPED DOWN THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING WHERE A PLANE LEFT A HOLE THAT SEPTEMBER MORNING. 125 PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING HAD 59 PASSENGER OS ON THE JET AND DIED THAT DAY. SEPTEMBER 11th IS A DAY THAT UNITED STATES CONGRESS. LAWMAKERS GATHERED ON THE STEPS OF THE CAPITOL MARKING THE DAY. THE SAME SONG CONGRESS SANG ON 9 ELEVEN, GOD BLESS AMERICA. THIS WAS THE SCENE IN THE SMALL UP TO OF SHANKSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, FLIGHT 93  93 CRASHED. EARLIER THIS WEEK CREWS BROKE GROUND FOR A NATIONAL MEMORIAL TO HONOR PASSENGERS AND CREW MEMBERS THAT DIED THAT DAY. RALEIGH FINDING ITS WAY TO FOLLOW THE SPIRIT OF SEPTEMBER 11th. >> THEY USE THE DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AS A DAY OF SERVICE. LAYLA SANTIAGO JOINS US FROM DOWNTOWN RALEIGH TO EXPLAIN. >> Reporter: GOOD EVENING. HERE AT THE RED HAT AMPHITHEATER, THEY ARE GETTING READY. GETTING READY FOR A EVENT TONIGHT. BEHIND ME, SETTING UP EVERYONE OF THE TABLES, WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE TO WALK UP TO AND TAKE PART IN SERVICE PROJECT THAT WILL BENEFIT LOCAL FOLKS HERE IN WAKE COUNTY, A DAY OF SERVICE PART OF 911. WE REMEMBER 9 ELEVEN. HOW WE CHOOSE TO HONOR THE VICTIMS CAN VARY. EVERYBODY HERE HAS A STORY ABOUT WHERE THEY WERE ON SEPTEMBER 11th. THIS IS TONY DIAZ. SEPTEMBER 1 ISTH, 2001 -- 12 YEARS LATER, HE IS IN A PLACE SURROUNDED BY THE SPIRIT OF GIVING. >> HELPING PEOPLE THAT NEED. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING. >> Reporter: HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS CAME TOGETHER TO HELP THE FOOD BANK PUT TOGETHER 100,000 MEALS FOR FAMILIES IN NEED. THERE IS A REASON THIS IS SO IMPORTANT FOR DS, IT WASN'T LONG AGO HE WAS LEFT UNEMPLOYED AND HAD TO ASK FOR HELP HIMSELF. >> SOMETIMES YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT YOU NEED, YOU STRUGGLE. >> Reporter: ON THIS DAY, HE IS CHOOSING SERVICE TO HONOR THE VICTIMS OF 9/11. FOR OTHERS, A DAY LIKE THIS, IS ABOUT JUST REMEMBERING. >> WHEN YOU REMEMBER WHY YOU ARE OUT HERE, IT'S EASY, YOU KEEP GOING, THOSE GUYS DIDN'T HAVE AN OPTION TO STOP ON 9/11. >> Reporter: AS THE SUN WAS COMING UP, THEY RAN UP 110 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS. THE SAME NUMBER OF FLIGHTS THE FIREFIGHTERS WHO RUSHED IN TO THE TOWERS HAD TO CLIMB THAT DAY. >> IT'S A DAY THAT MEANS BECAUSE OF THE CORE OF WHO WE ARE AS AMERICANS WE WERE KNOCKED DOWN AND GOT BACK UP. THIS IS ONE WAY TO SHOW IT. >> Reporter: PEOPLE HERE REMEMBER IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNITE, AND NEVER FORGET. AGAIN, THINGS KICKING OFF AT RETT HAD AMPHITHEATER AT 6:00 TONIGHT. WITHIN THE HOUR, ANYONE CAN COME OUT AND TAKE PART IN ANOTHER DAY OF SERVICE OR PROJECT. SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY AND UNITE TODAY. >> SO NICE TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE TURNING OUT TODAY. THANK YOU. >> SEPTEMBER 11th WAS HONORED IN DURHAM WITH A DAY OF SERVICE. THE GOOD WILL FOUNDATION INVITED VOLUNTEERS TO HARVEST FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. THE FRESH PRODUCE GOES TO THE FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE FARM DONATED 50,000  POUNDS OF FOOD. ON SEPTEMBER 11th, EMOTIONS RUN HIGH IN OUR MILITARY COMMUNITIES. MEN AND WOMEN GAVE THEIR LIVES TO FIGHT THE WAR ON TERRORISM.

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