MALIBU, Calif. (KABC) -- As many reflect on the 24th anniversary of 9/11, one of the most moving displays in Southern California is Pepperdine University's "Waves of Flags."

Every year, the school honors the lives of those lost in the September 11, 2001, attacks.

Nearly 3,000 flags are placed at Alumni Park along Pacific Coast Highway and Malibu Canyon Road - one for each victim, including a national flag for each foreign country that lost a citizen in the attack.

More than 300 volunteers raised flags over the weekend. The tradition began in 2008 and hopes to educate young students who weren't alive during the attacks.

"When we put up these flags, these feelings come back and they continue to deepen," said Pepperdine Senior Vice Chancellor Hung Le. "Especially when I walk through thi

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