(PHOTOS/VIDEO) The Blake School Remembers 9/11

came together Sunday morning to honor the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, in which one of their own died.

, a Blake class of 1988 alumnus, worked on the South Tower’s 104th floor for investment banking firm Sandler O’Neill & Partners. He was just 32 when the hijacked passenger plane struck the building.

Friends and family gathered for Sunday’s ceremony at Spirit Plaza, near The Blake School stadium named in Aamoth’s honor. Faculty performed musical arrangements, students and faculty read poems and everyone paused for a moment of silence to reflect on what this day means.

The venue isan apt one for reflection. The plaza features Spirit Rock—nearly 10 tons of limestone split by a 500-pound beam from the South Tower that the City of New York gave to the Aamoth family. The rough, unfinished surface of the stone symbolizes the prematurely ended lives lost in the attacks.

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Be sure to check out the joint project by Patch and Huffington Post, "Touched By Terror: Patch Remembers 9/11 in 911 Snapshots." Or check out these stories of how the World Trade Center attacks affected other Minnesotans:

Apple Valley:
Eagan: Eagan Resident Mike Ferber Hopes Memories of 9/11 Won’t Fade
Edina: Retired Army Vet Spurred to Re-Enlist Following 9/11 Attacks
Fridley: Demand Soared for Speakers on Islam after 9/11
Golden Valley:
Hopkins: and
Inver Grove Heights: VFW Commander: Sept. 11 Changed the Country
Lake Minnetonka: Remembering Wayzata Native Gordy Aamoth
Lakeville: Lakeville VFW Post Manager's Wife Working at Pentagon on Sept. 11
Minnetonka: 9/11 Memories From a Former New Yorker
Mendota Heights: Retired Mendota Heights Pilot Recalls ‘Paradigm Shift’
Northfield: Northfielder Will Never Forget His Birthday in Iraq
Oakdale: Terror and Joy Came Together for Oakdale Family
Plymouth:
Richfield: 9/11 Aftermath: Richfield Couple Waits for Possible Deployment
Rosemount:
Roseville:
Shakopee:
Southwest Minneapolis:
St. Louis Park: 9/11 Attacks Made Being Muslim ‘More Difficult’
St. Michael:
Stillwater:
Woodbury: