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Thousands of flags honour 9/11 victims at Malibu university

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Mauduit, F. (2026, September 11). Thousands of flags honour 9/11 victims at Malibu university. Euronews. https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/09/11/thousands-of-flags-honour-911-victims-at-malibu-university

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Euronews · collected 2026-09-11 · by Frederique Mauduit

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Thousands of American flags cover Pepperdine University's lawn in Malibu, California, as part of the annual "Wave of Flags" commemoration of the 9/11 attacks. The display honors the 2,977 people killed in the attacks on September 11, 2001. Visitors walk among the flags and can read messages of remembrance attached to some of them. A nearby stand invites visitors to write their own tributes to the victims.
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On the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, New York City's first Muslim mayor, Zohran Mamdani, faces controversy over his decision to attend memorial events despite calls from some victims' families and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani for him to stay away. Mamdani, who lost an older brother in the attacks, insists on honoring those affected by reading out names at Ground Zero. Meanwhile, nearly 110,000 signatures have been collected through a petition urging Mamdani not to attend, citing concerns over his past associations and appointments that some see as conflicting with the solemnity of the event. Despite this opposition, Mamdani is moving forward with plans to release more than 170,000 pages of documents related to air quality around Ground Zero in the months following 9/11, aiming to provide transparency on what the city knew about toxic conditions and how they handled it.

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American California Malibu Pepperdine University Wave of Flags

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American NORP · 1× California GPE · 1× Malibu GPE · 1× Pepperdine University ORG · 1× the United States GPE · 1×

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Nearly 3,000 American flags cover the lawn at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, for the annual “Wave of Flags” commemoration of the September 11 attacks.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-11
2026-09-11 · Euronews
Thousands of flags honour 9/11 victims at Malibu university · assertive framing

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Nearly 3,000 American flags cover the lawn at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, for the annual “Wave of Flags” commemoration of the September 11 attacks. asserted
flags → cover → attacks
Visitors walk among the rows of flags, with messages of remembrance attached to some of the flagpoles. asserted
messages → walk → flagpoles
The display honours the 2,977 people killed in the attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001. asserted
display → honour → September
Cards reading “We Remember” are placed among the flags, while a nearby stand invites visitors to write their own messages in tribute to the victims. asserted
stand → read → victims
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