A piper marks the 9/11 anniversary as ironworkers display the United State flag atop UD's east campus residence hall complex.

9/11 observance

Construction workers mark 9/11 anniversary with flag, bagpipes

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4:28 p.m., Sept. 11, 2012--Construction workers building the University of Delaware’s new east campus residence hall complex offered a special 9/11 observance to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

A carpenter played Amazing Grace on the bagpipe atop a building, said David Singleton, UD vice president for facilities.

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Nearby, ironworkers hoisted a United States flag atop Building A.

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