It has been three and a half years since tragedy hit Freeman High School. Students who were freshmen on the awful day have lived and worked through hardship no students should ever have to and on Saturday, their hard work will be acknowledged as they walk across the stage to receive their diplomas.
More graduates are ready to head out into the real world.
Thirteen children of firefighters who died at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and six whose fathers died of 9/11-related illnesses, graduated from the city's fire department during an emotional ceremony.
More than 200 Ellet High School students received their diplomas Friday night at Akron Civic Theatre. Among them was an 87-year-old man getting an honorary diploma, 60 years after he left school for the military.
There's a little message written in a window at Vanderbilt saying 'Stay Strong.' It's for Bridget Perez, written by her daughter Jaszmon.
