Waves of Flags remembrance display rises at Pepperdine University Overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the annual Waves of Flags display rose up on Saturday at Pepperdine University in Malibu. The eye-catching display is in remembrance of lives lost in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.Volunteers raised 2,977 flags, including one national flag representing each foreign country that lost citizens on that day. The flags represent the victims in which airplane hijackers destroyed the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, crashed a plane into the Pentagon, and crashed a plane in rural Pennsylvania after passengers took a stand against the hijackers. The flag display at Pepperdine became a tradition in 2008 when university students were inspired by a similar 9/11 tribute elsewhere. The flags will be up until Sept. 18 at Alumni Park, 24255 Pacific Coast Highway (corner of Malibu Canyon Road), Malibu. The university holds its 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at 9 a.m. Sept. 11. Register in advance to attend the ceremony that is also held at Alumni Park, Overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the annual Waves of Flags display rose up on Saturday at Pepperdine University in Malibu. The eye-catching display is in remembrance of lives lost in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Volunteers raised 2,977 flags, including one national flag representing each foreign country that lost citizens on that day. The flags represent the victims in which airplane hijackers destroyed the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, crashed a plane into the Pentagon, and crashed a plane in rural Pennsylvania after passengers took a stand against the hijackers.The flag display at Pepperdine became a tradition in 2008 when university students were inspired by a similar 9/11 tribute elsewhere. The flags will be up until Sept. 18 at Alumni Park, 24255 Pacific Coast Highway (corner of Malibu Canyon Road), Malibu. The university holds its 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at 9 a.m. Sept. 11. Register in advance to attend the ceremony that is also held at Alumni Park