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AMERICA WAS ATTACKED BY FOREIGN POR 20 YEARS OF REMEMBERING 2,977 LIVES LOST. EVERY FLAG REPRESENTS A LIFE. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FLAG DISPLAY, IT’S A VISUAL REMINDER OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUAYLL DIED ON 9/11 LINCOLN CASTRIANO WITH THE HELP OF THE OMAHA ROADE CLUB AND LOCAL VOLUNTEERS PLACED 3,000 FLAGS INTO THE GROUND AT MEMORIAL PARK. LOVE AND HOPE THAT PEOEPL WILL COME TAKE A LOOK EACH FLAG CARRIES WITH IT A NAME AND AN AG AE REMINDER OF JUST HOW YOUNG THE VICTIMS OF THE ATTACKS WERE ONE OF WHOM WAS LYNN’S 30 YEAR OLD BROTHER. I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING. THING TO REMEMBEHIR I ALSO WANTED TO REMEMBER ALL OFHE T VICTIMS. SHE SAYS THE 9/11 ATTACKS WERE PART OF OUR HISTORY AND IT’S IMPORTANT FOR LATER GENERATIONS TO REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY. IT’S MORE THAN JUST. A FLAG THAT REPRESENTS A PERSON ATTH PERSON H AAS FAMILY AND A HISTORY. THIS IS ONE STORY SEEING THE ENORTYMI OF IT. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE NAMES AND YOU IF YOU WERE TO LOOK THEM UP AND GO TO LEGACY.COM AND FIND THEIR STOR

‘Every flag represents a life’: Club honors lives lost during 9/11

A rotary club in Nebraska placed almost 3,000 flags at a park in Omaha, each one representing a life lost in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.Twenty years ago this September, America was attacked by a foreign power. It has been 20 years of remembering 2,977 lives lost. “Every flag represents a life, so when you look at the flag display it’s a visual reminder of how many people actually died on 911,” Lynn Castrianno, a volunteer with the Rotary Club of Omaha, said.Castrianno, along with dozens of other volunteers, placed 3,000 flags into the ground at Memorial Park.”I do this every single year out of love and hoping that people will come and take a look,” Castrianno said.Each flag carries with it a name and an age. A reminder of just how young the victims of the attacks were, one of whom was Castrianno’s 30-year-old brother.”I wanted to do something to remember him, I also wanted to remember all of the victims,” said Castrianno.She says the 9/11 attacks are a part of history and it’s important for later generations to remember what happened that day.”It’s more than just a person representing a flag, that person has a family and a history,” Castrianno said. “This is one story, seeing the enormity of it, but if you were to look at the names, look them up at legacy.com and find their stories, they’re incredible.”Watch the video above for more on this story.

OMAHA, Neb. —

A rotary club in Nebraska placed almost 3,000 flags at a park in Omaha, each one representing a life lost in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

Twenty years ago this September, America was attacked by a foreign power. It has been 20 years of remembering 2,977 lives lost.

“Every flag represents a life, so when you look at the flag display it’s a visual reminder of how many people actually died on 911,” Lynn Castrianno, a volunteer with the Rotary Club of Omaha, said.

Castrianno, along with dozens of other volunteers, placed 3,000 flags into the ground at Memorial Park.

“I do this every single year out of love and hoping that people will come and take a look,” Castrianno said.

Each flag carries with it a name and an age. A reminder of just how young the victims of the attacks were, one of whom was Castrianno’s 30-year-old brother.

“I wanted to do something to remember him, I also wanted to remember all of the victims,” said Castrianno.

She says the 9/11 attacks are a part of history and it’s important for later generations to remember what happened that day.

“It’s more than just a person representing a flag, that person has a family and a history,” Castrianno said. “This is one story, seeing the enormity of it, but if you were to look at the names, look them up at legacy.com and find their stories, they’re incredible.”

Watch the video above for more on this story.