Newsroom@DominionPost.com When recalling the events of Sept. 11, 2001, area politicians ponder the fear they felt that day — but also the togetherness that followed. Here, a handful of local […]
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‘Have you heard? Have you heard?’
There were no guilt-by-association overtures delivered by Rabbi Joe Hample on Sept. 11, 2001. Back then, the leader of Morgantown’s Tree of Life Congregation was just “Joe,” as he had […]
Readers recall when they heard the news America was under attack
Newsroom@DominionPost.com The image of those two planes flying into the World Trade Center on a clear September morning in New York City is not one most of us will likely […]
‘Hi, baby. I love you. And we are at war.’
Sarah Cooke blinked twice to shake off the glare of the klieg lights, and when she looked back down, it was still there. The object was small and round, and […]
Newsroom employees recall 9/11 experiences
PQueen@DominionPost.com It’s been 20 years and the memories of Sept. 22, 2001, remain. When the first plane struck the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, I had been with […]
‘I can just vividly play it out in my mind’
The events of Sept. 11, 2001, touched every part of America, and Preston County was no exception. Preston County Administrator Kathy Mace was then a county commissioner at home when […]
Area law enforcement recalls 9/11
MORGANTOWN—Westover’s Deputy Chief Scott Carl and his wife had just woken up to care for their newborn daughter when they turned on the television and first heard about the attacks […]
Reporter looks to the experts to assign some meaning to 9/11
My Sept. 11, 2001, happened, in part, on Sept. 12, 2001. And Sept. 13, 2001. That’s when I began talking to experts in earnest — after everyone was frozen in […]
‘We drew our kids in and hoped for the best’
The morning was already tragic enough, Eddie Campbell Jr. remembered. “Well, then we got the news of the plane going into The Pentagon,” he said, “and that changed everything.” These […]
‘This country has never been the same since that moment’
It was a quiet morning. September 11, 2001. Jonathon Vrabel, operations manager for the Dayton International Airport, was chatting in the airport director’s office when a startling bit of video […]
