Sunday marks 15 years since the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in New York City. Hoosiers are connected to the events in many ways, and each year events throughout the state honor the victims of the attack and the first responders who saved so many lives.
Indianapolis Memorial Honors Hoosier Victim Timothy Maude
Indianapolis already paid tribute to the victims of 9/11, along with two cross-shaped beams salvaged from the World Trade Center.
The downtown memorial now features a jagged slab from the Pentagon, where four of the nine Hoosiers killed in the attacks were working, including Indianapolis native Timothy Maude, the Army‘s chief of staff for personnel.
The lieutenant general was at the time the highest-ranking U.S. military officer killed by hostile action since World War Two.
Then-Mayor Greg Ballard requested the 600-pound stone from the Army Center of Military History.
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What Changed For Hoosier Muslims
Five years ago for the 10th anniversary of 9/11, IU professor of Middle Eastern and Central Eurasian studies Nazif Shahrani organized a panel discussion to give local Muslims the chance to speak about how their lives have changed since the attack.
"The greatest majority of Muslims have nothing to do with those things, and they are peaceful, law-abiding citizens of this country," Shahrani said. "They are proud to be Americans."
Raha Safi, an IU law student and practicing Muslim, said since 9/11, she has tried to teach people the truth about her religion.
"The biggest change for me at that moment was making people more aware that there is no other avenue to Islam," she said. "It's not a religion of violence, and it doesn't advocate that either."
The five panelists said they understand some of the federal government's increased security requirements, but hope Americans will look beyond the 9/11 attacks to discover what they really believe.
