- December 4, 2025
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Flags waved in the grass near the flag poles.
Lt. Colonel Rick Proctor opened the ceremony.
Members of Dr. Phillips High’s Air Force Junior ROTC presented the colors.
Members of Dr. Phillips High’s Air Force Junior ROTC prepared to raise the flag.
Students in Dr. Phillips High’s Air Force Junior ROTC program stood and saluted during the national anthem.
The Dr. Phillips High band played the national anthem.
The Dr. Phillips High band played the national anthem.
Students in Dr. Phillips High’s Air Force Junior ROTC program listened intently to the keynote speaker.
The keynote speaker was Eliu Muñiz, who was a New York Police officer on Sept. 11, 2001.
Student Grace Clements sang “God Bless America.”
Members of the American Legion Post 286 in Pinecastle saluted the flag.
“Taps” was played at the end of the ceremony.
Students in Dr. Phillips High’s Air Force Junior ROTC program listened intently to the keynote speaker.
Keynote speaker Eliu Muñiz and Lt. Colonel Rick Proctor were happy to be part of the ceremony.
Dr. Bridget Williams, Eliu Muñiz, Lt. Colonel Rick Proctor, DPHS principal Dr. Suzanne Knight and Gabriel Berrio enjoyed the ceremony.
Staff from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the Orlando Police Department and the Orlando Fire Department enjoyed being part of the tribute.
DR. PHILLIPS It has been 17 years since the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and the community and Dr. Phillips High students and staff gathered Tuesday morning to reflect and remember. DPHS’ Air Force Junior ROTC stood at attention the flag was raised and the band played the national anthem. Lt. Colonel Rick Proctor opened the ceremony by introducing keynote speaker Eliu Muñiz, who was a New York Police officer on Sept. 11. Orange County Sheriff’s deputies, Orlando Police officers, Orlando Fire Department firefighters and members of the American Legion Post 286 in Pinecastle also were in attendance.
