(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Utah Healing Field marks the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, as siblings Zion, 4, and Attacus Brown, 7, run amongst the 1500 flags on the promenade outside Sandy City Hall on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. This year the flags are spaced out more than they have in the past to allow for social distancing among people who visit the display.
As is tradition, 1,300 American flags are on display at Sandy City Hall to mark the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington, and rural Pennsylvania.
The Utah Healing Field is open to the public, though there was no commemorative service held this year and the flags are spaced farther apart than in years past to accommodate social distancing.
The flags will be in place until Monday.
Among those who paid tribute Friday were families with children in tow and Tim Clayson, a chaplain and major with the Utah National Guard. He took a knee and thought about his son deployed in Afghanistan.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Utah Healing Field marks the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, as Tim Clayson, a chaplain and major with the Utah National Guard thinks about his son deployed in Afghanistan as he spends some personal time amongst the 1500 flags flying on the promenade outside Sandy City Hall on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020.
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