Students read victim biographies at Prescott Valley Patriot Day field of flags

As part of the program three youth readers placed tags and read brief biographies of people killed on 09/11/2001.

Readers recited names and short details — ages, hometowns and locations associated with each victim — to give attendees a sense of the individual lives represented in the flags. Among the biographies read aloud was an entry noting Gary Byrd, age 51, with hometown Tempe, Arizona, described as the only Arizona resident killed on 09/11. Other biographies included passengers and first responders who died at the World Trade Center, Flight 77 and the Pentagon.

The student readings were introduced by Mayor Cal, who named the students from Pronghorn Middle School and the Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center; the readers gave voice to the biographies and reinforced the ceremony’s educational focus for younger attendees.