Memorials, Safety Measures in Year Since ND Lift Tragedy

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A five mile-per-hour wind blows in South Bend, Ind., this morning. A year ago today, gusts 10 times as strong toppled a scissor lift holding University of Notre Dame student videographer Declan Sullivan, and effects of Sullivan's death are still being felt.

On Saturday, the university dedicated a memorial to Sullivan outside its football headquarters, the Guglielmino Athletics Complex. Yesterday, Notre Dame announced the establishment of the Declan Drumm Sullivan Memorial Fund, establishing a scholarship supported in part by money personally solicited by the university's president. Tonight, a private mass will be held on campus for students currently living in Sullivan's former residence hall, as well as those living in a separate hall with one of his surviving siblings.

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