Class of 9-11 Graduates From West Point

West Point 'Class of 9-11,' Who Enrolled Just Before Attacks, Graduates Into Wartime Military

Graduating U.S. Military Academy cadets who came here just weeks before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were told Saturday they were a special group forged by historic events.
Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called the class "one of the few since the early days of the Vietnam War who came to West Point in peace time, saw the nation transition to war and chose to stay, knowing you would raise your right hand and take an oath and swear to defend the constitution of a nation that was still at war."
The Class of 2005 is nicknamed the "Class of 9-11" and, ironically, the number of graduates was 911.