Seneca Valley JROTC cadet James Shibata lowers the flag to half-staff during a Sept. 11, 2001, ceremony at the flag pole outside Seneca Valley Senior High School on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

The Seneca Valley JROTC cadets participated in a ceremony Wednesday, Sept. 11, commemorating the anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, when nearly 3,000 people were killed in a terrorist attack.

The morning ceremony took place in front of the flagpole of the Senior High School. “Taps” were played and the flag was lowered to half-staff where it will remain for the rest of the school day.

On September 11, 2001. Two planes crashed into the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in New York. Another plane crashed into the Pentagon, and yet another crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pa.

Seneca Valley JROTC cadet James Shibata lowers the flag to half-staff during a Sept. 11, 2001, ceremony at the flag pole outside Seneca Valley Senior High School on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

Seneca Valley JROTC cadet James Shibata lowers the flag to half-staff during a Sept. 11, 2001, ceremony at the flag pole outside Seneca Valley Senior High School on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

Seneca Valley JROTC cadet James Shibata lowers the flag to half-staff during a Sept. 11, 2001, ceremony at the flag pole outside Seneca Valley Senior High School on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

Seneca Valley JROTC cadets stand at attention during the lowering of the flag to half-staff during a Sept. 11, 2001, ceremony at the flag pole outside Seneca Valley Senior High School on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

Seneca Valley JROTC cadet Command Sgt. Maj. Wesley Marks stands at attention in front of his cadets during the lowering of the flag to half-staff during a Sept. 11, 2001, ceremony at the flag pole outside Seneca Valley Senior High School on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

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  Seneca Valley JROTC cadet James Shibata lowers the flag to half-staff during a Sept. 11, 2001, ceremony at the flag pole outside Seneca Valley Senior High School on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
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  Seneca Valley JROTC cadet James Shibata lowers the flag to half-staff during a Sept. 11, 2001, ceremony at the flag pole outside Seneca Valley Senior High School on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
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  Seneca Valley JROTC cadet James Shibata lowers the flag to half-staff during a Sept. 11, 2001, ceremony at the flag pole outside Seneca Valley Senior High School on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
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  Seneca Valley JROTC cadets stand at attention during the lowering of the flag to half-staff during a Sept. 11, 2001, ceremony at the flag pole outside Seneca Valley Senior High School on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
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  Seneca Valley JROTC cadet Command Sgt. Maj. Wesley Marks stands at attention in front of his cadets during the lowering of the flag to half-staff during a Sept. 11, 2001, ceremony at the flag pole outside Seneca Valley Senior High School on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle