Sandy's Healing Field honors 9/11 victims

Shalaya Mullins and her son Braxton look around the Sandy 9/11 Healing Field on Sunday.

Shalaya Mullins and her son Braxton look around the Sandy 9/11 Healing Field on Sunday. (Scott G Winterton, Deseret News)


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SANDY — Honoring the first responders and victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks for the 22nd time, Sandy opened the Healing Field on Saturday with 2,977 flags carefully placed on the promenade to the south of city hall.

Volunteers showed up in droves Friday evening, according to KSL-TV, to set up the flag display that was one of the first in the nation.

The Healing Field at 10000 S. Centennial Parkway, is open through Monday, according to Sandy Mayor Monica Zoltanski's Facebook page.

Deseret News photojournalist Scott G Winterton visited the site Sunday and captured some of these powerful images.

Sandy 9/11 Healing Field on Sunday.
Sandy 9/11 Healing Field on Sunday. (Photo: Scott G Winterton, Deseret News)
Terrah Anderson reads the cards on the flags as she walks through the Sandy 9/11 Healing Field on Sunday.
Terrah Anderson reads the cards on the flags as she walks through the Sandy 9/11 Healing Field on Sunday. (Photo: Scott G Winterton, Deseret News)
Addyson Silva, Thane Peck, Aubree Silva and Cary Fry walk around the Sandy 9/11 Healing Field on Sunday.
Addyson Silva, Thane Peck, Aubree Silva and Cary Fry walk around the Sandy 9/11 Healing Field on Sunday. (Photo: Scott G Winterton, Deseret News)
Sandy 9/11 Healing Field on Sunday.
Sandy 9/11 Healing Field on Sunday. (Photo: Scott G Winterton, Deseret News)
Kris Aubrey reads one of the information cards attached to a flag at the Sandy 9/11 Healing Field on Sunday.
Kris Aubrey reads one of the information cards attached to a flag at the Sandy 9/11 Healing Field on Sunday. (Photo: Scott G Winterton, Deseret News)
Rob and Henrietta Christensen walk in the Sandy 9/11 Healing Field on Sunday.
Rob and Henrietta Christensen walk in the Sandy 9/11 Healing Field on Sunday. (Photo: Scott G Winterton, Deseret News)
Sandy 9/11 Healing Field on Sunday.
Sandy 9/11 Healing Field on Sunday. (Photo: Scott G Winterton, Deseret News)

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