Look back at how Carolina responded to 9/11

Large TV screen in the Frank Porter Graham Student Union at U.N.C. Chapel Hill displaying coverage of the 9/11 attacks; A U.N.C. Chapel Hill student reading The Daily Tar Heel while sitting in the lawn of Polk Place the day following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The front page is headlined:

The terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, shocked the nation and world, including here in Chapel Hill. Campus came to a halt as Tar Heels followed the news and tried to make sense of what was unfolding. Six Carolina alumni tragically lost their lives on this day 25 years ago.

Here’s a look back at how campus responded in the days, weeks, months and years following 9/11.

Large crowd of U.N.C. Chapel Hill students watching TV coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the Frank Porter Graham Student Union.

UNC-Chapel Hill students crowd the main lobby of the Frank Porter Graham Student Union to watch news reports of terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11, 2001. (Dan Sears/UNC-Chapel Hill)

Large TV screen in the Frank Porter Graham Student Union at U.N.C. Chapel Hill displaying coverage of the 9/11 attacks .

UNC-Chapel Hill students watch a big-screen TV in the Frank Porter Graham Student Union to follow news reports of terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11, 2001. (Dan Sears/UNC-Chapel Hill)

U.N.C. Chapel Hill students lined up in the Frank Porter Graham Student Union to use pay phones.

UNC-Chapel Hill students line up to use pay phones in the Frank Porter Graham Student Union to call friends and relatives following terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001. (Dan Sears/UNC-Chapel Hill)

A U.N.C. Chapel Hill student reading The Daily Tar Heel while sitting in the lawn of Polk Place the day following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The front page is headlined: "September 11, 2001."

A UNC-Chapel Hill student reads an account of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in The Daily Tar Heel prior to a service of remembrance on Polk Place on Sept. 12, 2001. (Dan Sears/UNC-Chapel Hill)

University leaders and members of the Carolina community holding hands during a service of remembrance held on Polk Place the day following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser (left) joins hands with other members of the platform party during a service of remembrance on Polk Place on Sept. 12, 2001, for the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. (Dan Sears/UNC-Chapel Hill)

American flag flying at half-staff on Polk Place on the campus of U.N.C. Chapel Hill in the days following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

The American flag on Polk Place flies at half-staff in honor of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. (Dan Sears/UNC-Chapel Hill)

Attendees spread out in chairs and on the floor of a large meeting room of the George Watts Hill Alumni Center on the campus of U.N.C. Chapel Hill to attend a forum titled "Understanding the Attack on America" following the 9/11 attacks.

An overflow crowd at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center listens to speakers during the “Understanding the Attack on America” forum, held on Sept. 13, 2001. Faculty from various UNC-Chapel Hill academic departments participated in the event. (Dan Sears/UNC-Chapel Hill)

A U.N.C. Chapel Hill student, Mariah Dillard, uses her hand to paint on a memorial wall put up on Polk Place in the days following the 9/11 attacks.

UNC-Chapel Hill first-year student Mariah Dillard on Sept. 19, 2001, presses her painted hand on a memorial wall erected on Polk Place for the University community to express their feelings following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. (Dan Sears/UNC-Chapel Hill)

A woman, Kirsten Vollmer, looks up at a TV news report while donating blood following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Kirsten Vollmer watches news reports as she donates blood at a University blood drive in Berryhill Hall on Sept. 19, 2001. The drive was just one of many campus activities following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. (Dan Sears/UNC-Chapel Hill)

Law enforcement officers and firefighters at the front of a large crowd of attendees at a 9/11 memorial event at Polk Place on the campus of U.N.C. Chapel Hill on the one-year anniversary of the attacks.

Public safety officers from Chapel Hill and the University along with firefighters join the crowd on Polk Place on Sept. 11, 2002, to listen to a tribute from Chancellor James Moeser on the one-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. (Dan Sears/UNC-Chapel Hill)

A woman, Jovian Irvin, speaks to attendees at the dedication of the 9/11 Memorial Garden near Stadium Drive on the campus of U.N.C. Chapel Hill.

Jovian Irvin, Class of 2005 president, reads the names of the alumni honored at the dedication of the Class of 2005’s 9/11 Memorial Garden near Stadium Drive on Sept. 11, 2007. The garden honors the six alumni who were killed in the attacks. (Dan Sears/UNC-Chapel Hill)