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9/11 memorial wall unveiled at Cheat Lake VFD

Erin Cleavenger, The Dominion Post — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 23:17:21 +0000

It was an emotional yet inspirational moment Wednesday afternoon during the unveiling of a Sept. 11 commemorative mural outside Cheat Lake Volunteer Fire Department. The mural is meant to honor the […]

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Editorial encore: The legacy of 9/11

Opinion, The Dominion Post — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 02:56:00 +0000

EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s editorial has been adapted from one that originally published Sept. 11, 2021. The average college student has no true memory of Sept. 11, 2001. Neither do current […]

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‘We watched in awe over and over the twin towers crumble like crackers’

The Dominion Post — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 02:54:00 +0000

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?’

Jim Bissett/ The Dominion Post — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 02:50:00 +0000

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 […]

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Readers recall when they heard the news America was under attack

The Dominion Post — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 02:45:00 +0000

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 […]

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‘Hi, baby. I love you. And we are at war.’

Jim Bissett/ The Dominion Post — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 02:41:00 +0000

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 […]

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Newsroom employees recall 9/11 experiences

Pam Queen — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 02:37:00 +0000

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 […]

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‘I can just vividly play it out in my mind’

William Dean, The Dominion Post — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 02:33:00 +0000

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 […]

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Area law enforcement recalls 9/11

Gabriella Brown, The Dominion Post — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 02:12:00 +0000

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 […]

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Reporter looks to the experts to assign some meaning to 9/11

Jim Bissett/ The Dominion Post — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 02:00:00 +0000

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 […]

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