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By Cameron Cortigiano

CAMERON CORTIGIANO: Syracuse University continued its Remembrance Week this week as the Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars honored the 35 Syracuse University students that were lost in the Pan Am 103 flight back in 1988.

CORTIGIANO: This year is the 34th anniversary since the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 in Scotland back in 1988. This afternoon, the scholars sat in 35 seats on the Shaw Quadrangle, signifying the 35 Syracuse University students that died in the terrorist attack. The scholars sat in solidarity from 1:28 p.m. to 2:03 p.m., which was the length of the flight. The time gave scholars the chance to reflect on what Remembrance Week means to them, and serves to honor those who lost their lives more than 30 years ago in the bombing. In addition to the scholars remembering the victims on the Quad, there are blue and white flags outside the Schine Student Center, one for each of the 270 victims that died in the crash. Various buildings around the campus, including the Hendricks Chapel, Hall of Languages and JMA Wireless Dome will be light up blue. There are also drawings of each of the 35 victims from Syracuse University on display in the Hendricks Chapel. Students said that Remembrance Week is important to carrying on the lives of the victims, and gives them the opportunity to reflect.

CORTIGIANO: Events planned by the scholars will continue throughout this week, bringing together the community to remember the victims that lost their lives more than 30 years ago. Reporting live from the Quad, I’m Cam Cortigiano, NCC News.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) – Remembrance Week at Syracuse University continued this week on the Shaw Quadrangle.

This year marks the 34th anniversary of the tragic bombing of Pan Am flight 103, which killed all 270 people aboard. Of those, 35 were Syracuse University students.

Thirty-five Remembrance and Lockerbie scholars sat in solidarity on the Quad to honor those that were lost in the tragedy from 1:28 p.m. to 2:03 p.m., marking the length of the flight.

Another way that the victims are being honored are by 270 blue and white flags in between the Schine Student Center and S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Each flag is representative of a person on the flight.

Buildings around campus, including Hall of Languages, Hendricks Chapel and the JMA Wireless Dome will light up blue at night throughout the week, as another way to remember the victims.

The goal of Remembrance Week is to honor all those lost in the terrorist attack and bringing the Syracuse community together to do so.

Events planned by the scholars will continue throughout the week up until Saturday. Most of the events are free and open to the public.

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