Norm Julian and Al Anderson would have been great in a buddy movie. Heck, the visuals alone would have gotten it. There was Al, a kinetic Black […]
Tag: remembrance
‘He was my hero’: Recalling the life and times of Joe George, a grizzled war veteran by the age of 20
Christmas Eve, 1944, the English Channel. More than 2,000 American and British servicemen were shoulder-to-shoulder on the overloaded Leopoldville, a 500-foot, 11-ton, Belgian passenger liner reconfigured as […]
Chip Buck drummed up love and respect: Late Westwood Middle teacher taught way more than just music
You remember. With its shark-tank social hierarchy, middle school (face it) isn’t a lot of fun for a lot of kids. Unless, say, you went to Westwood […]
‘We watched in awe over and over the twin towers crumble like crackers’
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 […]
‘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,” […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
