A morning ceremony commemorating Sept. 11 with words, music and moments of silence will be held at 8:40 a.m. Wednesday in the South Quad.

“The morning service is to memorialize people who lost their lives and the first responders,” said David Onestak, director of the counseling center and co-organizer of the memorial service.

Law enforcement personnel, city firefighters and members of Eastern’s military science department, as well as students and members of the community, will gather around the South Quad flagpole.

At 8:45 a.m., a single siren will sound in observance of the exact moment one year earlier in which American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, a press release stated.

Roger Stoner, music department chair, will play “Taps” as a moment of silence is observed, and the South Quad flag is lowered to half-mast, Onestak said.

Delegates of Eastern’s international student population will display flags at the service representing the nearly 80 countries who lost citizens in the attacks.

The first portion of the morning ceremony is expected to end at 9 a.m., Onestak said.

Then volunteers and university groups will begin the process of reading the names of the victims killed on Sept. 11.

“There will be about 3,000 names read, so that could go on for two to three hours,” Onestak said.

Attendees of the ceremony may read some of the names if they are willing and are welcome to stay at the memorial service as long as they wish.