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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 2002
Page
5
Kathleen Far ris recalls September 11 2001 when her uncle General retired HT Johnson was in the Pentagon. She, a school nurse at Oakwood Windsor Elementary, watched events unfold on TV and heard updates from relatives as the nation grieved and prayed.
Aiken dog groomer Philip Howell recalls his 9 11 flight near Washington and the lax security then. He describes watching the Pentagon fire from a bus, the NAACP response led by Kweisi Mfume, and the sense of peace with his NAACP family as schools closed and travel halted.
Amanda Veldman a 23 year old South Carolina native now living in Boston reflects on the Sept 11 attacks near the World Trade Center where she worked for Salomon Smith Barney. She recalls the emotional day and the effort by New Yorkers to return to work as her company prepared staff for the first anniversary.
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