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RE UNITED STATES Sept. 11 transformed America within hours. Ten years later, the country is still changing under the shadow of terrorism.

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participate,” Murison said. Blaine Lautner, a sophomore in history, sent Technician an email titled “Hillsborough Street store’s disrespect of 9/11 paintings.” He complained of business owners censoring John Wall paintings in favor of keeping News Editor window signage visible. Lautner is currently a memWindows painted on Hillsborough Street busi- ber of Students for Conceal to nesses memorializing 9/11 Carry. “Like many other clubs on signified student support of the tenth anniversary of the campus, we signed up to paint east coast, airplane-driven a window on Hillsborough Street in remembrance of Sept. destruction. The Hillsborough Street 11th, 2001. Upon beginning to Community Service Corpo- paint the window at Freshberration requested 25 students ry, we were asked to make an or student organizations attempt to avoid the light-up to participate in painting. ‘SMOOTHIES’ sign hanging Those who did the best behind the window,” Lautner job were eligible to receive said in the email. “We let them know that prizes; the top prize was a we wou ld 40-inch see what we flat screen cou ld do, TV dobut obviousnated by ly pa int ing HSCSC. something Students large enough from N.C. to show revState and erence would Meredith make avoidCollege Jeff Murison, ing the sign have been HSCSC executive director tough to do, painting since it was all week. They began on Tuesday, and hanging directly in the middle ended on Sunday morning. of thewindow.” Lautner and his group deThere were so many applicants that organizers were cided to paint an American scrambling to find further f lag over the entire window businesses to accommodate and the sign. “This did cover the sign, all of those interested. About 40 businesses but we saw no issue with this agreed to have their window considering the flag shows pafronts painted, according to triotism and respect for those Jeff Murison, HSCSC exec- who perished in that terrorist attack, and it would only be utive director. “T he response f rom there for a short amount of the students was so over- time. Upon passing by Freshwhelming that we had to call around and get some additional businesses to window continued page 3

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homas Jasmine, a freshman in arts applications, writes and reflects on how the tragic day of 9/11 unraveled for him while he was attending a class in the third grade. All students were given an opportunity to remember the tragic day by signing a “Where were you?” 9/11 Memorial Wall located in The Brickyard Thursday.

A decade later, the University reflects on the attacks of 9/11 Sweeping impact of terrorist attacks reaches Raleigh. Joshua Chappell Senior Staff Writer

On Sept. 11, 2001, New York City and Washington, D.C. were targets of the worst terrorist attacks in the history of our nation. More than 6,000 people lost their lives in this horrific tragedy, and the impact of it was felt across the globe including on the campus of N.C. State. The normal beginning of an abnormal day Eva Holcomb was an undergraduate student on September 11, 2001. She began her day just like any other: walking to class.

Like many others, she still remembers exactly where she was when she first heard news of the attack. “I was walking down Avent Ferry Road, headed to my weather and climate class in Withers Hall,” Holcomb said. “A friend called me and informed me that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. We discussed how odd this was, and then I continued on to campus.” Holcomb graduated from the University in 2002 with degrees in chemistry and science education. She is now the director of the Park Scholarships program. She said many people didn’t realize the severity of the attacks when they occurred. “We held class as usual,” Holcomb said. “Though many of

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Queen graduated from the Univerus had cell phones, this was before texting and no one seemed aware of sity in 2004 with a degree in textile the seriousness of how the situation engineering. She is now an academic advisor in the College of Engineering. evolved during class.” Like many Ha i ley Queen ot her A mer iwas also an undercans, Queen and graduate student her friends did Sept. 11, 2001. Like not immediately Holcomb, Queen realize the scope began her day just of the attacks. like any other. Hailey Queen, academic advisor “People “I r e m e m b e r thought it was a getting out of my math class in Harrelson and going to terrible accident,” Queen said. the Atrium to get a late breakfast with Not an accident a classmate and seeing people gathered Students across campus quickly rearound the TVs mounted around the room,” Queen said. “At that time, the alized that these occurrences were no first plane had crashed into one of the accident. “After I left class, I called my friend World Trade Center buildings.”

“People thought it was a terrible accident.”

again and learned there had been a terrorist attack,” Holcomb said. Holcomb said that she went to the first building she could find with a television, which was Mann hall. “I entered Mann Hall and found a group of people in a tiny conference room huddled around a TV,” Holcomb said. “I watched with them for awhile and was stunned at what I saw.” Holcomb, a native of West Point, Virginia, said that her thoughts immediately went to relatives that live in the New York and Washington areas. She said that the mood on campus was a somber one. “I then went to Talley Student Cen-

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Those alive to witness the events of Sept. 11 still clearly recall the minutest of details, of what they were doing when tragedy struck. We all know exactly where we were, even today. “Initially, I did not know what was happening—it was like a bad dream,” Larry Nelson, former assistant dean of international programs for CALS, said. Nelson said it was like any other day—he was sitting in his office, working. “Piles of paper that needed working on were lying near a small, never-used TV. The silence was interrupted by my secretary, who ran into my office and said something big was going on. She suggested I turn on the TV. She had got a call from a family member. I saw

the towers go.” For the first time, Nelson turned on his office TV to witness the devastation. Confusion continued to prevail. “I saw people running in the streets, running down the stairways. I saw thick smoke everywhere. Although we were fortunate to be close to a TV, we weren’t sure how serious the incident was. It took us a day or two for the sinking in.” Nelson received his doctorate in 1961 and has been with N.C. State since 1964. He has lived through several incidents. “During one visit to Hawaii, I crossed paths with John F. Kennedy. I saw Air force One at the airport. He was assassinated a day later. When you live a long time, you see a lot of things.” Thomas Stafford, vice chancellor for Student Affairs, was in the middle of an Executive Officers Meeting with the chancellor on the seemingly normal day. “It’s a regular staff meeting that had begun at 9:00 a.m. We were a good while into the meeting,” Stafford said. “At exactly 9:45 a.m., Charlie Leffler, vice chancellor for Finance and

Business, broke into the room excited. He announced ‘planes crashed into the Pentagon.’ There was nothing about World Trade Center.” The meeting was soon adjourned, and everyone returned to their offices. “I put on the news and tried to learn what was going on,” Stafford said. “It was as the day unfolded that I realized what had transpired. Everyone on campus was in a state of shock. It took me a full day for the reality, the magnitude of the event to sink in.” Stafford has retained the sheet of paper for 10 years he was taking notes on during the meeting when the news broke. The sheet has ‘GOM-9-11-01’ written on the top left. The paper has scribbles of ‘housesscholars-next week. housing,’ perhaps points being discussed at the meeting. On the top right corner, it reads: “9:45 C. Leffler Planes crash into Pentagon.” “This sheet,” Stafford said, “is a chilling reminder to me as to what happened that day. It is a really historical day that I will always remember.” Stafford keeps the sheet,

along with other personal documents, that are special to him in the top drawer of his desk. Darryl Lynn Overby, stock clerk for University Recreation, always starts his day at 11:00 a.m. at Carmichael Gymnasium. He has been working there for the last 20 years. “I was awakened by a call that told me to turn on the TV,” Overby said. “The first thing I saw was the Twin Towers being bombed. I was alarmed and felt remorseful. I tried to get an understanding of what was going on.” Overby said he prepared to leave for work, still unsure of what had just happened. “Here at the gym, work continued, but we were all trying to gather what was happening,” Overby said. “The incident is something that I can never forget. But, I have made peace with it. We have to pray for individuals who lost lives that day. We have to pray for their families.” He said the events of 9/11 were eye-opening. “I have grown as an individual. I have learned to pay attention to my surroundings.”

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Fallen alumni honored at memorial service Memorial service held at the Bell Tower honored military alumni.

“9/11 is a symbol of all the Americans we have lost, not just on 9/11, but in every war — and we should honor that.”

Jana Ward & Elise Heglar Correspondent & Deputy News Editor

A memorial ceremony for 9/11 was held at the Bell Tower Sunday afternoon to honor all military alumni from the University. Benny Suggs, Charlie Corr and Chancellor Randy Woodson spoke at the event. Students and members of the community gathered together to remember 9/11 and to pay tribute to those who had lost their lives serving in the military. The ceremony began at 2 p.m. with the Bell Tower bells chiming. The national anthem was sung and an invocation was led to mark the beginning of the sobering event. Gabriel Harden, a junior in computer science and a cadet in the University Air Force ROTC, said that the event is important because it reminds us of everything we have the potential to lose. “It puts things into perspective for me. Everything that I value in this country could be hurt or taken away,” Harden said. Benny Suggs, the director of the N.C. State Alumni Association and a retired rear admiral in the United States Navy, told the history of the Bell Tower and the University’s history of commemorating those who

Gabriel Harden, junior in computer science

serve our country. According to Suggs, the Bell Tower was built as a memorial to fallen World War I soldiers. Charlie Corr is a University police officer and former detective in the New York Police Department. He recounted his experience of arriving on site to the World Trade Center and reflected on first responders who came to the site to help even when they were not on duty. “9/11 is a symbol of all the Americans we have lost, not just on 9/11, but in every war — and we should honor that,” Harden said. Chancellor Randy Woodson remarked on how the importance of the students was to help the future generations and be prepared to always be able to handle emergencies. “They have always had the purpose to serve,” Woodson said of the student body. Eric Cranford, a University alum who died at the Pentagon, was honored at the ceremony. Cranford’s family helped Chancellor Woodson and a Naval member place a wreath

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berry on my way from the library, today, I saw that they had scraped out a large rectangle in the middle of the flag in order to allow their sign to be seen,” Lautner said. HSCSC will erase all window paintings next week after they have been judged, according to Murison. Lautner did not want to put Freshberry in the crosshairs, but he said they should put national pride ahead of a few days of a covered-up “SMOOTHIES” sign. “While I acknowledge the fact that the store is their private property, I see no reason for a store to scrape out a large

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ter where someone had set up a TV on a stand,” Holcomb said. “Everyone in Talley seemed to have a grave awareness of the situation at that point, and was walking around in stunned silence.” Queen said that it was difficult to understand the severity of the situation. “It was a difficult thing to grasp since nothing remotely like this had happened in our lifetime,” Queen said. Holcomb said what she most remembers from that day was from sitting in her car after class. “All of the radio stations were covering the attacks,” Holcomb said. “My most vivid memory from that day is shedding tears in my car as the full weight of the situation set in.” Queen said that the day was a “very surreal day for everyone.”

at the base of the Bell Tower at the conclusion of the ceremony. Harden said the event gives students the opportunity to remember all of those who have been lost in the United States. “It’s important that we all keep it in our minds and never forget those that we have lost,” Harden said. The memorial’s end was also marked by a 21-gun salute, which was carried out by seven riflemen shooting three times, an aircraft flyover of two F-15 Eagles, and the playing of “Taps”. Alex Chan, a senior in Aerospace Engineering, remarked upon how great it was to see “the show of American pride of the people.” After the ceremony concluded the crowd had the opportunity to enter the Bell Tower and pay tribute to the 33 University alumni whose names are inscribed on the inside of the Bell Tower. These alumni were people who died while serving their country during World War I.

part of the American flag because their sign will be covered for three days. I take personal offense to this disrespect against our way of showing respect for the people that perished in that dreadful attack, and those who are continuing to fight, including members of my own family,” Lautner said in the email. Murison said one of the ground rules for painting windows was first talking with business owners, which, according to Lautner, he and his group abided by. “We encourage the students to talk to the merchants and make sure that they check with the merchant about what part of the window they can use,” Murison said. “to make sure that they’re not covering up the ‘open’ sign or some other important part of their business.”

The University responds Holcomb said a little while after the attacks, she learned of the first response from the University. “I received an email from N.C. State that afternoon classes had been cancelled,” Holcomb said. Jon Barnwell, deputy chief for Campus Police, said the University immediately did an internal check of their own security. “We immediately looked at defining our critical assets and determining security coverage needed to help keep them secure,” Barnwell said. “We also contacted federal officials in an effort to determine what the potential risks were associated with universities.” Safety at Carter-Finley Stadium was of the utmost concern, according to Barnwell. “With it being football season, we understood the potential target a stadium full of people could be and immediately

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Showing support for her country and troops, Lee Churchill, of Raleigh, attended the N.C. State memorial service to remember the events that occurred Sept. 11, 2001. Churchill was moved upon receiving an autograph from former Army general and N.C. State alumnus, Henry Hugh Shelton.

HSCSC routinely works with students and owners alike to ensure both sides are satisfied. “That’s a normal part of our coaching to the students and the merchants when they do something like this,” Murison said. Murison said he thanked student government leaders for “putting in the legwork” when it came to organizing the Hillsborough Street cover-up. “They worked around the clock for the last week to make this happen. It’s their leadership that allowed this part of today’s program,” Murison said.

began enhancing our security coverage in conjunction with federal officials,” Barnwell said. Another immediate concern on campus was backlash against the Muslim community, Barnwell said. “We coordinated with the Muslim Student Association to have a meeting to advise our community that there would be zero tolerance to any harassment or intimidation towards members of our community who are Muslim,” Barnwell said. According to Barnwell, the impact of the attacks impacted security procedures across the nation and on campus. “9/11 changed the entire thought process of security and safety in the United States,” Barnwell said. “Almost every decision made in regards to security has in some way been impacted by the events of 9/11.” A unity like no other Queen said that for herself,

NYC natives recall tough experiences Although 9/11 hit close to home for every American, these students experienced it in their backyard. Joanne Wu Life & Style Editor

the attacks evoked new feelings of patriotism. “Prior to the attacks I don’t recall ever being particularly aware of my nationality or feeling particularly bonded with others because of our shared nationality,” Queen said. “But after the attacks there was this feeling of a shared bond with others because of our nationality.” While the attacks’ negative impact was and still is widespread, there was also the light of unexpected positivity. “[The attacks] brought a lot of people together and really did bring a lot of good out of people,” Queen said. “Many people did volunteer, give blood, even join the military because of a sense of patriotism and a need to help others around them.”

Grade school kids not far from the age of ten witnessed an interruption in the routine of their daily lives, a shift in their country’s political agenda and an awakening for the rest of the world. Ten years later they are constituents of a generation now sitting in college lectures with memories of the Sept. 11 attacks resting in the back of their minds. Four students who lived in or near New York City at the time of the attacks share their stories as the tenth anniversary causes memories to resurface. Sarah Endaya – Bayonne, New JerseySophomore in management “[My mother] described how there was limited public transportation running, there was no cell phone service, barely any of the surrounding buildings were left undamaged, there was traffic like nothing she had ever seen before and everything was just chaos.” On the morning of Sept. 11, Endaya’s mother came home from work five hours later than usual to greet En-

daya and her family with news. When her fourth grade classmates were slowly disappearing as their parents came to pick them up, she realized it was no ordinary school day. “The morning of Sept. 11 was actually pretty normal,” Endaya said. “It started getting strange during the afternoon when I noticed a lot of my classmates were getting taken out of school one by one to the point where only half the class was there by the end of the day.” Although she lived across the street from her school, students were told they needed to be picked up by a legal guardian. Neither one of her parents were at home. Instead, both her father and mother were caught in the chaos of that morning. “My parents worked extremely close to where the Twin Towers stood. The office building where my dad worked is… directly to the left of the left tower,” Endaya said. “Around the time the incident took place, my dad would be on the subway that travels directly below the Twin Towers. Luckily for us, he left for a week to visit his parents in the Philippines due to family emergencies.” Upon seeing the images on the news that night, Endaya felt the entire situation was surreal. “I just remember turning on the television to the news and thinking that what I saw looked like a movie, but I knew his parents in the Philippines due to family emergencies.” Upon seeing the images on

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The constant of a decade W

e could’ve never conceptualized how the events of 9/11 would shape our development over the last 10 years. Many of us were around ten years old and had no concept of terrorists or the World Trade Center. We just thought it was a plane crash; saddening but not world changing. We couldn’t have been more wrong. It seems as though the one thread that remained constant throughout our formative years was 9/11. It never faded in the ways other staples of our youth did; if anything, as time has passed the events of 9/11 became further entrenched in our lives.

The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board, excluding the news department, and is the responsibility of the editor-in-chief.

With each year that passed, the events of 9/11 hit home with an ever-increasing vigor. In the years immediately following the attacks we were too young to understand the true magnitude of what had taken place that day. We knew the death toll but we simply had no way of grasping the extent of the pain that day. And while we may never be able to grasp the totality of the agony experienced with each year that passes and as we experience more personal losses, we find ourselves with a greater

brought us together in a capacity greater than anything has since. Looking forward, our genunderstanding of what hap- of our nation today prompts eration will never be able to a reflection of the immediate remove itself from 9/11. It’s pened that day. We take time to remember months following 9/11. impossible for many of us There was once a time where to remember the pre-9/11 9/11 on occasions beyond memorial services; thoughts everyone was on the same world. That day demonof 9/11 have permeated page. It was a rarity to see a strated the human capacity through every aspect of our car not waving an American for evil and the possibility of lives. For some, the random flag. The buzzwords that fill unity in each of us. discovery of the three num- today’s airwaves of conservaA decade from now the feelbers together, whether it is on tive and liberal did not mat- ing we have towards that day a clocks or call logs, has the ter. will remain the same. It was even rarer to find polpower to stop us dead in our We will never forget the iticians in disagreement over events of that day-not only tracks to reflect. We cannot watch a passing the direction of the nation. because of the enormity of Our nation today feels for- the tragedy, but because it firetruck, an American flag, or even hear the word patrio- eign considering the unity was one of the defining mofelt back then. Although ments in the development of tism without reflecting. Even the political fracturing the tragedy was immense, it each of our lives.

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In the wake of Tuesday’s heinous attacks, we must await our nation’s search for justice and we must not attack those who are not guilty. “Victories will be realized by the assassin only if he can succeed in creating hatred and lawlessness, for vengeance sake, in good men who loved justice and loved men.” Written yesterday, those words would have served as an astonishment to a nation of angry witnesses to the terrorism that racked New York City and Washington, D.C. Tuesday. They were, however written in these very pages on Nov. 25, 1963, in a letter to the editor written by Garland McAdoo. Their age, 38 years, does not lessen their relevance or impact. Many in the media are referring to what happened yesterday in New York City, Pittsburg and Washington as the new terrorism or the new warfare. But to those of a certain generation—our generation—

his editorial was published the day after the attack on September 11, 2001 urging the N.C. State community to fight for justice, and to not blame those not guilty. If the college students of 10 years ago were wea r y of terrorism, then the ones of today Trey should have Ferguson accepted acts Viewpoint Editor of terrorism as a heinous fact of life. However, nothing could be frather from the truth. As we have grown up, terrorism has been the most talked about, hot button issue in society. We have heard of the crimes and witnessed the devastation from their wake. We have seen the war on terror and the ones we love go to combat it. We were relieved as Saddam Hussein was removed from power and cheered as Osama bin Laden was assassinated.

the tactics are the only thing new about yesterday’s attack. Those of us in college today have grown up in the era of the pregnable American—we have seen our federal building burn, our trade centers fall, our students shot down in their schools. It has left us weary of terrorism—both from within and without—but no less sensitive to its toll. It’s for that reason that we must bear that sensitive and share it, feeling unselfconsciously the range of emotions that such a tragedy creates: anger, extreme grief, empathy for those lost and those who lost them. What we must not do, however, is vent that anger on those among us who may share links—cultural or otherwise— with those we believe responsible. There is no certainty about who perpetrated Tuesday’s heinous acts; what is certain is that no one among our N.C. State community had anything to do with them. The assassin has struck. Whether we will value justice or allow that assassin to create lawlessness and hate is in our hands.

The tenth anniversary of September 11th is not to be remembered as the day our nation was weakened, but rather how far we have come since that horrific day. This editorial challenges us, as students, American citizens and human beings to think about our reaction to this heinous crime. Saying the power of the attack is in our hands demonstrates our nation’s ability to allow such “assassins” to proceed with spreading terror, or delegate justice for the lives lost and lives impacted by the event. I believe the past ten years has demonstrated we value justice and will not allow such acts of war to be tolerated or go with consequence. We have demonstrated we stand up for our freedom and defend the greater good. I ask that as we remember this day, which will forever live in our nation’s history, as a day we honor those fallen by defending our way of life.

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How did the attack on 9/11 change your life?

from the archives: Technician article from Sept. 12, 2001

in your words

by Oliver Sholder

No one is too young to remember.

“I realized the real need for peace in this world.”

Christian O’Neal, junior in mechanical engineering

Ian Yancey sophomore, civil engineering

On that day

n that 21st century “…day that shall live in infamy,” at 1:30 p.m., here at N.C. State, I was to teach my 200 student section of Introduction to Psycholo g y. B y Rupert W. that time Nacoste of t hat Guest Columnist d ay, a l l air travel had been halted, both towers had collapsed, and no civilians knew the whereabouts of the president of the United States. Rather than go through with my scheduled lecture on “Research Methods In Psychology,” I opened the class by reciting John Donne’s poem “No man is an island.” Then I said to my students, ‘let’s talk about what has happened in our country today.’ Some students revealed they had family in New York City who they had been trying to, but could not reach. From there the discussion in the class was somber, angry, fearful and sometimes bizarre. One exchange between students was intense. “I think we should nuke ‘em,” a student yelled out. It was the case that in that class, five or six of the students, who often came to class in uniform, were in the U.S. Marine Corps, Navy ROTC. When the “let’s nuke ‘em” exclamation was yelled out, immediately one

of the young Marines threw up his hand and without waiting for my acknowledgement turned in the direction of that voice and loudly said, “…nuke who? You don’t know what you’re talking about! Who do we aim nuclear weapons at; were we attacked by another country today? That’s just silly!” It was a blistering exchange and critique. Yet all of the complexity of the mood in the room was captured by the students’ who said: “I don’t understand how t he world work s a nymore.” “I d o n’t feel safe anymore.” Osama Bin Laden’s attack of America on 9/11 did not change everything. What that terrorist attack did do was jolt us into paying attention to the many social changes that were already going on around us in America; changes in the racial mix and racial rules of social interaction; changes in gender roles and rules; changes in the ways we communicate with each other; changes in our relationships with other countries. With the jolt of the 9/11 attacks that awakened this sudden new awareness of how much had been changing, came anxiety. At that point we began living with, and continue to live with

a neo-diversity anxiety; awareness that in America it was no longer easy to answer the question, who are the ‘we’ and who are among the ‘they.’ Osama Bin Laden’s death will not eliminate that anxiety. But his death at our hands can serve to help we-Americans be less vulnerable to that anxiety. As we commemorate the tenth year anniversary of 9/11, my hope is that in this time of ref lection and emotional release t hat we recognize that Osama Bin Laden’s terrorism was only one of the things that has been haunting us. In this time of reflection, I especially hope we recognize the other changes in our social world that had snuck up on us are not to be feared and no matter what, we cannot “…nuke ‘em.” If we can use our shared emotion and reflection in that way, we will become less vulnerable to the charlatans who try to manipulate us to accomplish their own selfish goals by using our anxieties to make us fearful of our fellow Americans.

“Osama Bin Laden’s attack of America on 9/11 did not change everything.”

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“I realized how much hate there is in the world.” Kevin Sullivan freshman, First Year College

“It gives all Americans something they can be unified around.” Andrew Wooten sophomore, civil engineering

“I’m serving in the military because of the heroes that were lost on 9/11/2001.” Katie Cassidy freshman, First Year College

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Honoring the first responders Stories By Andrew Branch | photos By Jordan Moore

S.T. Alston, of the Raleigh Police Department, salutes during the national anthem, played at the Sept. 11 tribute service Friday. The service featured a moment of silence for the fallen men and women of Sept. 11, as well as a commissioning by Gov. Bev Perdue.

A fireman and police officer salute the American flag beside a firefighter memorial in Nash Square Friday. The statue of the firefighters was added in 2006 to commemorate fallen firefighters and was the site of a tribute service for the firefighters and first responders of the Raleigh area Friday afternoon.

Local firefighters reflect on that day and the changes that have come since.

Remembering 343 heroes

o the firefighters in New York and even around the nation after 9/11, 343 wasn’t just a number. It was family. “You do 24-hour shifts and onethird of the year you are with [your fellow firefighters],” Knightdale firefighter Mike Boshart, an N.C. State graduate and Long Island native, said. “So pretty much they are family because a lot of times, you see them more than you see any other person even at your house.” Looking back on the last 10 years, local firefighters expounded on what the members of FDNY Engine Company 219 and Ladder Company 105 described as the “brotherhood of firefighters.” They spoke of how the North Carolina firefighting community has drawn close to its New York brothers and how firefighters have learned from the fallen. Bryant Woodall, former Raleigh assistant chief and current chief of the Swift Creek Fire Department, said on 9/11 he was, ironically, headed to a meeting with the Wake County Terrorism Task Force. “It was just all fairly new to us. We were seeing what was happening around the world and everybody knew we had to prepare for it here,” he said. “You just can’t imagine it happening, you know? But obviously it does.” Woodall said it was hard to think that the 343 firefighters that died all went to work that day just like he did. “If you equate it to Raleigh, it was like wiping away two-thirds of our department,” he said. “You think about 343 lives snuffed out—it was just shocking.” After the attacks, State Fire Marshal Jim Long commissioned former captain Andy Woodall (no relation to Bryant Woodall), then chief of operations for the North Carolina Fallen Firefighter’s Foundation, to go to New York to see what was needed. Woodall has since been to New York 168 times. “[Long] didn’t want North Carolina to buy a fire engine or anything,” Woodall said. “He wanted to do something for the families that

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the news that night, Endaya felt the entire situation was surreal. “I just remember turning on the television to the news and thinking that what I saw looked like a movie, but I knew everything was real.” Memories of her mother finally walking through the door from work that night coupled

York in the months after 9/11 and would be beneficial.” One of the first tasks was raising firefighters were rebuilding their money, and Woodall said firefighters lives, firefighting was undergoing set out on a Fill-The-Boot campaign, tremendous change. “I think about it a lot now—the taking their boots to the streets for last 10 years—at least indirectly as a the families of the victims. “The firefighters of North Caro- result of 9/11, I think the fire service lina collected about $7.5 million,” has changed more than it had probably in the previous 30 years,” Bryant Woodall said. Sam Griggs, NCSU alum and vol- Woodall said. He attributed much of the change unteer at Swift Creek Fire Department, said his department alone to massive increases in government collected more than $40,000, mostly funding for equipment and training, from in front of their Tryon Road sta- many exercises of which took place on or through the University. tion. “They were a tremendous asset to Woodall said another, smaller fund through the state fire marshal’s office us,” he said. Griggs said firefighters are now was allocated for special needs, and that the FDNY Fire Family Transport more conscious of their own safety. “You know if the roof’s on fire and Foundation, a foundation providing transportation for families to hos- it is sagging in, and you know is it worth risking two pitals and funerals, or four, or maybe needed help. six of my firemen to “At that time I go in there,” Griggs think they had one said. 15-passenger van Still, several of and one suburban the men said that for all f ive borwhile the growth oughs,” he said. and unity of the T h rou g h t h at past 10 years was fund, North Carogood, the overlina donated four whelming outside 15-passenger vans support that conright when they Bryant Woodall, former Wake tributed to that needed it most. As County fire department growth has dwinsoon as the remains assistant chief dled. of a f iref ig hter “For instance, in were ident i f ied at Ground Zero, the families were 2004, North Carolina received, if I called for an onsite memorial service. remember correctly, $60 to $70 mil “They were so appreciative of lion on just Homeland Security grant us doing that and the firemen, you money,” Bryant Woodall said. “In know, collecting the money — we’ve 2010, the North Carolina share of just got a good rapport with them,” that funding was $7 million.” He said while they do not need as Woodall said. “It meant a lot to them. So they actually brought the original much as they did, the funding drop van they had down to North Carolina is a testimony to how the passage of and donated it to the North Carolina time affects our actions. “It is like a lot of other things. The Fallen Firefighters Foundation.” While they were here in North longer you go away from it, the more Carolina, they found what has be- you forget about it,” he said. Boshart said while the thanking come a treasure and honor to fallen and the helping still happen today, firefighters around the nation. “They saw a 1950 Mack fire engine it occurs less often than right after and they wanted one just like it, and the attacks. “It was just kind of a different we found one in Wade, North Caroworld to be in,” he said. “It would lina,” Woodall said. Named Engine 343, all the fire- be interesting to see if it could have fighters that died were assigned in lasted longer, but it was just different, I guess. Different for the better, honor to that company. Even as the fires burned in New though.”

“...I think the fire service has changed more than it had probably in the previous 30 years.”

with stories of close friends losing their loved ones re-emerged as she looked back on the day the attacks occurred. “I didn’t really understand the intensity of the situation until now, but I knew that it was a big deal,” Endaya said. “The whole thing made me love my hometown even more and made me respect the people who grew up there. I feel like experiences like that help communities get closer.”

Edgardo Lopez – Queens, New York Sophomore in textile engineering Lopez went to elementary school in Queens but lived and grew up and Brooklyn. The morning of the attacks, however, created an impact beyond the borders of Manhattan and spilled into surrounding boroughs and into the lives of people like Lopez. “At that time I wasn’t sure what to think,” Lopez said. “We were all obviously scared and

Serving and protecting— and not forgetting Raleigh police remember as they continue to confront the challenges 9/11 brought. Rage. It’s what Rich Marx, a Raleigh police captain, said was his reaction as nearly 3,000 of his countrymen and 72 of his fellow officers died on 9/11. “We were caught with our pants down on 9/11,” John Walls, Raleigh master officer and purple heart recipient, said. Ten years into the new terror threat world, Raleigh police officers shed light on their 9/11 memories and the difficulties and controversies in keeping America safe. For Raleigh Captain Chris Bertram, 9/11 was a dreadfully long day of trying to locate his brother who worked in Manhattan. “He ended up having to walk out,” Bertram said. “He walked across the Brooklyn Bridge along with a lot of other people to get out of Manhattan.” Marx’s initial thought that morning was it was an accident, but the true nature of the matter was soon evident. “It almost made — as it made thousands of others — it made you want to join the military and help in any way you could,” he said. “But that really wasn’t a feasible option for me.” Walls, however, was already in the military, a private first class in the Marines at Camp Lejeune. He spent one semester at N.C. State before choosing the Marines in 2000, eventually taking four tours in sequential operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. He was wounded in Iraq in 2005. “It hit home quickly,” Walls said. “You were a 20-year-old kid and your country’s been attacked and that’s your job to defend it.” Since the attacks, the job of law enforcement has never been the same. Marx found an immediate role as some civilians nationwide took matters into their own hands following 9/11, attacking many store owners of Middle Eastern heritage. Marx made a point to protect the Middle Eastern store owners on his beat at Glenwood South. “I made extra patrols to those areas and got to know those people even better just so we wouldn’t have a similar incident here in Raleigh -- and I don’t think we did,” he said. “But from that, I became much closer to those store owners and managers.” Police also had more responsibilities that seemed trivial before. “It used to be somebody saw a briefcase sitting next to a building and you know they would take a look at it, bring it inside, and say ‘hey, somebody left this here,’” Bertram said. “Now they call us. I think [9/11] created a heightened sense of awareness among officers in general.” In 2009, increased awareness paid off as eight suspected terrorists were ar-

rested in connection with an alleged terrorist cell based in Willow Springs. It was found that this cell was gathering weapons and plotting to attack numerous places around the world and in America. The federal trial of five Triangle men involved begins in New Bern Sept. 19. “Prior to 9/11, those guys probably wouldn’t have been picked up,” Bertram said. “We are getting better at being proactive rather than reactive in that type of situation.” Having met one of the men in the terrorist cell as a deputy, Walls said he was “super polite.” “It was weird, because the name didn’t mean anything to me, but when I saw the face I was like, ‘I know that guy,’” he said. “That is a prime example of small terrorist cells throughout the U.S.” Today, police continue to train for whatever scenarios intelligence says is possible, which Walls said could very well involve Raleigh. “With the intel we have now, terrorists aren’t trying to hit [high value targets] like the Sept. 11 attacks,” Walls said. “They want to do multiple, small strikes.” Walls said the Sept. 6 IHOP shooting in Carson City, Nevada, which killed five people -- including the shooter and three National Guardsman -- may be just that type of terrorism, although it remains unconfirmed. Police in Raleigh regularly train for clearing hotels, schools and other buildings, Walls said, and how to take quick action at a scene instead of waiting for SWAT teams like before 9/11. “Raleigh is really good about training the patrol officers and giving patrol officers the time and the training to be technically proficient in those areas,” he said. Bertram and Walls said the community has come a long way since 9/11. Further progress, however, Walls said, is hard to make. “There is a fine line to walk between security and liberty,” Walls said. “People have to be willing to give up some liberty and some freedoms for security and that’s a hard thing to sell and it is a hard thing to deal with as Americans.” Wiretapping and the recent airport security scanners remain divisive issues in the nation. “I don’t know a good answer to it,” Walls said. “I think it’s far above my pay-grade.” Even while debate continues to rage over that fine line, Marx said ten years later, Raleigh police is more ready and alert to protect its citizens. “We are definitely more aware and more alert and cognizant of trends here in this country and around the world, and we try to be as prepared as possible,” he said. “And we try to be prepared for any event at any time.”

shocked. Besides that, all that many eyes,” Lopez said. “Pain was going through my head was and suffering can be caused by why anyone would do such a few. But in numbers and with true loyalty and respect, it can thing.” The commotion of the city be overcome.” Weav ing in and out of still lives on in Lopez’s mind, crowded sidewalks but while he conand brushing by tinues to ref lect on what happened technicianonline.com strangers on a daily basis was a routine. that Tuesday morning, Lopez said the aftermath But according to Lopez, Sept. 11 became an eye-opener to weighed just as heavily. “I think the whole experience him and to his surroundings, has made me realize that you as what was once habitual pracneed to see the world through tice became something more

personal. “You see many of the same people on the train, the bus, walking on the street, in the corner store and so on… all those people become like a huge family,” Lopez said. “Being a New Yorker means you are part of a community that suffered... But during that time of suffering we put our differences aside and comforted those we could. As New Yorkers we became much stronger.”

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rom the tarmac of a Michigan airport Aug. 28, Karen VanDreumel saw her son Joseph return from Afghanistan draped in an American flag as his family’s hero. Two weeks ago, this moment had seemed far away for the assistant in the English department’s writing program. Before that, she never really expected this day would come. But as she watched her son’s casket exit the plane, she finally understood the news delivered to her doorstep in the early morning hours two agonizing weeks earlier. “It made it real — seeing him finally come home,” VanDreumel said. In mid-August, Joe VanDreumel became one of the 1,766 casualties in Afghanistan since U.S. forces deployed there nine years and 11 months ago. But in the wake of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, VanDreumel says it’s her son’s life they’ll be celebrating — along with the sacrifice of a hero. ‘He was a challenge’ Joe was curious as a kid. So curious that one day, his mother had to pick him up early from school after he attempted to flush his foot down a toilet. “I got a phone call one day: ‘Miss VanDreumel, can you bring a pair of shoes and pants for Joe?’” she said. ‘I asked, ‘Why?’” In particular, Joe always wanted to figure out how things worked. “He was curious, always was,” VanDreumel said. “He’s always been mechanically inclined.” His natural spatial skills made the military attractive to him since high school. But after Joe was laid off from his job as a machinist, he decided to join the Army to become a mechanic in January 2010 at the age of 31. “Even with the good job he was still thinking about it all — to serve his country just like his grandpa did,” she said. Members of the VanDreumel family are no strangers to war. Her father was a wounded World War II and Korea veteran, and her husband is a former Navy chief who served two tours in Vietnam. Even Joe’s paternal grandfather served in both World War I and World War II. “Our family has had relatives in the military ever since the Revolutionary War,” VanDreumel said. “It’s almost been every generation.”

Dennis and Karen VanDreumel lost their son Army Spc. Joseph VanDreumel, of Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 14 in Paktika province, Afghanistan. VanDreumel specialized in vehicle recovery operations and was assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade at Grafenwoehr, Germany. Karen VanDreumel is a writing programs assistant with the English department.

After boot camp at Fort Knox, Joe, his wife and two young children, moved to their new home in Grafenwoehr, Germany, in August 2010. Because of that extra maturity, according to VanDreumel, Joe said the Army was the place for him. “Joe felt very at ease in the Army,” she said. “While we were visiting him in Germany in June, he told my husband, ‘I found a home.’” Morning callers Two months after that visit, the doorbell woke VanDreumel at 5 a.m. A chaplain and a sergeant from Fort Bragg were at the front door. “I was upstairs and my husband had opened the door and I saw them,” VanDreumel said. “I knew.” The men came to bear the news that their son, a corporal in the 172nd Infantry Brigade, died Aug. 14 while serving in the Paktika province of eastern Afghanistan. “It was all a blur after that,” she said. “I can’t even recall the names of the chaplain and sergeant. It was surreal.” Although no stranger to the recoil of war, said she never saw this coming. “You know the danger’s there — but you just think it happens to someone else,” VanDreumel said. On the ground close to the Pakistani border, Joe was working as a mechanical specialist recovering damaged or destroyed vehicles and restoring them. When an improvised explosive device injured soldiers on patrol and disabled their Humvee Aug. 14 outside a small, nearby base, Joe and Sgt. Matthew Harmon headed out to recover the

wreck. “They got out of their vehicle and they had transported the four other guys from the Humvee into their vehicle,” VanDreumel said. “They were going to secure the Humvee to put it on the flatbed when a secondary IED went off.” The explosion, verified by the autopsy at Dover Air Force Base, caused blunt force trauma, killing both VanDreumel and Harmon. As a mother’s worst nightmare came to realization, VanDreumel said she does not blame Joe or herself for the tragedy. “I wasn’t upset when he first joined,” VanDreumel said. “I’m proud of him.”

Dennis and Karen VanDreumel, parents of fallen soldier Joseph VanDreumel, display his medals and honors. Joe, a corporal in the Army, died during an improvised explosive devise blast in Paktika province, Afghanistan Aug. 14. In addition to his Bronze Star, Joe recieved a purple heart, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and the Army Good Conduct Medal.

quite a bit of work to make it all function — but it did.” Davis said he treats the death of every soldier like he’s losing a brother Casualty assistance “A loss is shared by everyone. It’s On Aug. 24, the VanDreumel family returned to Germany. Uniting them shared by the family and as well as the Army,” Dathere again was vis said. “We’re a no small task, acbig family and we cording to Capt. want to help out Jamie Davis. everyone we’re As the VanDconnected to.” reumel’s causalLike the brothity assistance ofers in arms they ficer, he’s one of were, Joe and the soldiers who Ha r mon’s behelps the families longings sat next of fallen service Karen VanDreumel, assistant of First to each ot her members by arYear Writing Program during the serranging service vice. members’ home“They had their boots, their weapcomings and funerals. “It’s a whole team, deployed by the ons, their dog-tags and then their helArmy. We have different responsibili- mets, and they had them side by side ties throughout,” Davis said. “Joe’s on a stage,” VanDreumel said. from Michigan, his family lives in North Carolina and Germany. It was

“You know the danger’s there — but you just think it happens to someone else.”

Welcome home As his casket rode into his former hometown of Grand Rapids, Mich., a fleet of motorcyclists from the Patriot Guard escorted Joe to Rosedale Cemetery. VanDreumel said rows of residents lined the roads, holding American flags and signs saying, “Thank you, Joe.” “It made you feel like that what he was there for,” VanDreumel said. “Like that was his purpose or his calling — that freedom is not free.” She said her memory of Joe will live on through his selfless impact on friends and family. Only by sharing that impact, she said, will she truly continue the “healing process.” “A lot of his brothers he was stationed with in Germany called him ‘big brother,’” she said. He was a role model. He was a patriot. He was a hero.”

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evening’s game, which they played the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. It didn’t even occur to us that my father’s middle name is James. It was the first time we attended a Yankee game since the terrorist attacks, and probably the first time I had seen my father since the aftermath as well. The Yankees returning to baseball became one of the public symbols of New York returning to normal, but for me it took on a personal meaning at that point. I’m sure all of you have seen the public spectacle that the Yankees put on with the FDNY and NYPD, but when I saw my father, brother and myself together again, watching our favorite team in our hometown, it was just how things used to be. For me, that is one of the little things from my childhood that brought everything into prospective.

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their lives. KristopherKornegay-Gober, a junior who was the top high jumper on State’s track and field team last season, attended high school in Washington, D.C. and lived close by in Maryland beforehand. His cousin was one of those 2,600 workers, residing just two sides of the building away from where the attacks happened.

Pack beats UNF, moves season record to 7-1

As the mercury hit 85 degrees Sunday afternoon, N.C. State beat North Florida by 3-0 in what proved to be a fairly onesided game for the Pack. The Wolfpack battled it out against the Ospreys (3-4-1), who in their only previous meeting had seen the Pack triumph and looked set to avenge that loss. It wasn’t to be, as the Pack, fresh from their win against High Point, started the game fast with the offense going all guns blazing from the first whistle. The Ospreys, coached by former N.C. State All-American and 1988 ACC Player of the Year, Linda Hamilton, soon fell behind in the 13th minute when freshman midfielder Julia Sandridge was at the right place at the right time as after a corner kick that was punched out by the goal keeper, Sandridge volleyed the ball from outside

the box at the top left corner which the Ospreys defender on the line could at best, just help in. “Julia’s goal was well taken,” Coach Steve Springthorpe said. “First time ball and the ball is punched out on top of the 18 and the ball was placed in the top left corner. It was good.” Tanya Cain started the second half strongly with some impressive dribbling and dangerous shots, supported by her strike partner, freshman forward Stephanie Bronson, who ripped apart the UNF defense with her speed and amazing vision. Bronson soon got the goal she deserved in the 65th minute when she controlled the highball and also managed to beat the goalkeeper with the same touch and held off two defenders to slot in the ball in the empty net. It was a special moment for the Pack as the goal also coincided with the flyover of the two fighter jets, which were a part of the ceremonies to mark the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

“It was really exciting to see the fighter jets fly over just after my goal,” Bronson said. “It was special.” In the 67th minute, Bronson was in the thick of action again as she scored her second goal to double her tally for the afternoon after Cain provided the ball for Bronson to stab in her third for the season. Bronson looked menacing and was surely the star of the game as she never seemed to stop and made numerous runs to make sure the Pack kept the game beyond the reach of the Ospreys. “I feel really good.” Bronson said. “I am so excited. This is my [third] time scoring.” Bronson said her speed was one the strongest facets of her game and was happy that her teammates took full advantage of that. “I have always been known for being really fast,” Bronson said. “That has always been one of the most important parts of my game.” The defense was also on top of their game, and despite some lapses in concentration, the Wolfpack never let the Ospreys

seize the initiative . Freshmen defender Shelli Spamer was satisfied by the team’s performance on the field. “It was very good,” Spamer said. “Probably wasn’t our best game today but we had a shutout and that was what we aimed for.” Spamer credited the senior players in the team in bringing out the best in her. “I look up to them a lot, there are a lot of leaders,” Spamer said. ”They have put me in a good place and they have taught me to work hard and fight for everything.” The Pack dominated the game with 21 shots, which Coach Springthorpe was happy about. “In the beginning I told them, if we need a shut out, the first and foremost important thing is to keep the ball away from the back of the net,” Springthorpe said. “The three goals, we’ll take them, but we also had many great opportunities that we should have had put away.” Springthorpe, whose team managed just seven wins all

season last year, have already achieved seven wins in their first eight games. For that, he chose to credit his team alone, but claimed the games that would matter were yet to come. “Its been a good start, the girls have practiced hard, they’ve been focused on what the plan is,” Springthorpe said. “Our real season begins now with conference play against Carolina on Friday.” Springthorpe’s team, which plays the No. 1 team in the nation, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill next, has a plan to fight it out against the Tarheels. “We will have to play a little differently than we have played in the non-conference schedule,” Springthorpe said. “They will provide a different type of challenge and I would expect that we would do our best to limit their opportunities at goal. I wouldn’t be surprised if we were more defensive, but we are still going try and score goals and win the game.”

“My family wasn’t directly involved, but I always wonder what could have happened that day,”Kornegay-Gober said. “My cousin was so close to the attacks and the intended target was the White House. That isn’t far away from where I live.” Kornegay-Gober’s story is akin to that of many children who went to school in the D.C. area that day. Having been sent home shortly after news broke of the 9:37 a.m. attack, innocent minds returned to their

families with little to no understanding of the day’s magnitude. “I remember in fourth grade we were watching news reports on what had happened in Arlington [site of the Pentagon],” Kornegay-Gober said. “They cancelled school almost instantaneously. At the time, I just thought a plane had gone into a building, but everything changed when I got home. The fact that it was an attack changed how I was thinking.”

In a country where sports is widely an entertainment outlet relatively detached from life’s more pressing issues, the attacks have created a profound impact on viewing sports. Kornegay-Gober, an athlete whose mother served in the military, felt the impact when attending an NFL game shortly after the attacks. “For my birthday, we drove up to a Baltimore Ravens game,” Kornegay-Gober said. “During the national anthem

and during the halftime tribute to the military, you could tell there was a spark in patriotism. My mom, who had retired from the military, felt that unity in the stadium.” Three years later, the first post-9/11 Summer Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece. Focusing in on the sporting world’s role to represent unity no matter the circumstance, the junior said he vividly remembers how the United States came together to

cheer on all different types of athletes, including track and field athletes. “I think 2004 in Athens was a very special moment,” Kornegay-Gober said. “It really put into perspective what sports means to our country. “I know it meant a lot to me. It still does to this day.”

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9/17/11 4 Just might pull it off 5 “Bah,” in Bavaria 6 Hollywood Walk of Fame feature 7 Sound from a snout 8 A smaller amount 9 Salem is its cap. 10 “Scrubs,” for one 11 Get ready for production 12 White wading birds 15 African language group 17 Hat-tipping address 18 Yuletide carols 23 Stovetop item 24 Federal IDs 25 One of the fam 26 Shelley tribute 27 Wrestler’s objective 28 Windy City airport 29 Pricey timepiece 30 Wash away slowly 34 Injure 35 Cockpit reading 36 __ polloi 37 Dallas NBAer

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38 Août’s season 39 “__ the World” 40 Fella 41 James and Owens 42 “Psst!” from above 43 Political columnist Peggy 44 Alaskan native 45 Gator’s cousin 49 __ and ends

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50 A bit tipsy 51 “Makes sense to me” 53 Common conjunctions 54 Seed-spitter’s sound 55 “Baseball Tonight” channel 57 Stephen of “V for Vendetta” 58 Rowing need

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athletics

Athletes reflect on 9/11 impacts Gymnast Jess Panza and high jumper Kristopher Kornegay-Gober recall their stories. Sean Fairholm Deputy Sports Editor

On a gorgeous September morning, painted with pure blue skies, Jess Panza headed off to school. Tenw years later, the Long Island native and N.C. State senior is a part of the Wolfpack gymnastic team. What happened early that morning would forever change the way New York residents lived their lives. Fortunate to not be deeply affected by September 11th, Panza now looks back on every accomplishment that follows as a blessing. “It’s just unreal,” Panza said. “Now that I’m older and I do watch [videos on 9/11], I wish that I could have remembered more than I did. As much as

it seems so far away, it’s really not. Anything could have happened if one of the planes accidentally went down in Long Island. “I couldn’t imagine being how old I am now and having that happen. It definitely would have impacted me a lot more.” Panza’s father was one of the unsung heroes in the hours and days following the attacks. As a Long Island police officer, he helped with the clean-up in lower Manhattan. This connection was not the only one to impact Panza’s family. “My grandparent’s friends were firefighters and their sons were firefighters,” Panza said. “One of them was killed. There are a lot of people that you know that are firefighters and policemen, and so many of them passed away.” Although any events on the day are difficult to put into words, Panza related the hours following the tower’s collapse

to one part of nature many southerners have experienced. “It was kind of how a forest fire would be here,” Panza said. “Within about four or five hours, it was really hazy and foggy on Long Island. It didn’t necessarily affect me personally, but I was definitely aware of how serious it was.” While admitting she does not follow sports very closely, Panza made specific mention of the New York Yankees’ first home game after the attacks. Playing what was then the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Panza said the whole city rejoiced in the opportunity to cheer on their favorite team. Across the nation, returning to sports helped remove our eyes from all different degrees of emotional scar tissue. “It brought a sense of unity to not just New York, but the entire nation,” Panza said. “From a horrible situation, sports brought many people

Local pro and college sports timeline following 9/11 September 21, 2001 – Mike Piazza hits a home run to lift the New York Mets over the Atlanta Braves in the first professional sporting event since 9/11

Carolina Panthers return to football after the NFL canceled the previous week’s games. Playing in Atlanta, the Panthers lost 24-16 to the Falcons. They would drop their next 14 games and go 1-15 on the season. October 5, 2001 – With fans cheering the New York Rangers as they stepped on to Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena (now the RBC Center), the Carolina Hurricanes opened the 2001-2002 season. The ‘Canes won the game 3-1 and would eventually reach the Stanley Cup Finals eight months later

September 22, 2001 – After defeating Indiana to start the season, N.C. State’s football team has next weekend’s game – originally scheduled for September 13th – moved back one week. The Pack was victorious over Southern Methodist, 26-17

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September 23, 2001 – The

together.” Cheering for separate teams, in a country with deep roots of heated rivals, brought focus to a bigger team of over 300 million people.

Among the 2,600 people working at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, 125 lost

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football

Wake up call in Winston-Salem Demons still haunt Pack; O’Brien searches for leadership. Sean Fairholm Deputy Sports Editor

As Wake Forest quarterback, Tanner Price, cut through State’s defense with effortless precision, Coach Tom O’Brien was focusing on another definition of effortless. “They had more energy than we did,” O’Brien said. “And you can’t do that, especially on the road in a conference game. We have to look for leadership. “And we certainly haven’t gotten any right now from anybody on this football team.” The questions of concern are escalating quickly after N.C. State’s (1-1, 0-1 ACC) disappointing 34-27 loss to Wake Forest (1-1, 1-0 ACC) on Saturday. Prior to Glennon and the offense rallying with 63- and 65-yard touchdown bombs to Tobais Palmer and T.J. Graham, last year’s Atlantic division cellar dweller had already shredded State’s pass defense for 313 yards and a humiliating 14.3 yards per completion. Seemingly devastated by the absences of key senior defensive linemen J.R. Sweezy and Jeff Reiskamp, the Pack defense

had already built a mountain for the offense to climb by the time halftime arrived at BB&T Field. “We haven’t played defense like this in God knows how long,” O’Brien said. “There were so many big plays. You come in knowing you’re going to get the reverses and the reverse passes, and it looked like we had never seen one of those things ever.” Although O’Brien made a firm point that there are no positives associated with losing, he did vow to push his team hard in the coming days. While at N.C. State, O’Brien has a 0-3 record at Wake Forest and a 0-11 record in Atlantic division games on the road. “We have a lot of work to do and I’m going to make sure we get it done,” O’Brien said. “There are a lot of games left to play and a lot of good football players on this team. Some of these guys need to wake up. This isn’t last year. “We need to come out with a whole different mindset and energy that we haven’t been getting out of this football team.” Shortly after his coach discussed the team’s loss, cocaptain George Bryan also answered questions on the mental state of the Wolfpack. Having been a reliable and productive

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Redshirt junior cornerback Gary Grant watches the third quarter of the game against Wake Forest on BB&T Field Saturday. The Wolfpack lost to the Demon Deacons 34-27.

source of offense for the past three seasons, Bryan has perplexed many in the first two games—the senior has almost as many dropped passes as he does receptions (three). “We have to forget about the team from last year,” Bryan said. “I don’t even know why guys would be thinking about that. That’s last year. We have to focus on what we’re doing.” While Bryan is one of the official captains of the team, State’s anticipated leader, Mike Glennon calmly displayed con-

fidence that the lethargic early season performance would be turned around. “We can still accomplish what we want to,” Glennon said. “We can still win out and win the ACC. If we just work hard in the weeks to come we can still win the ACC.” Glennon, whose impressive stat line of 315 passing yards, three touchdowns, and one interception, was overshadowed by the disappointing conference loss. “Really what it comes down

to is the win-loss record,” Glennon said. “I don’t think [showing people I can play] matters. Our job as quarterbacks is to put more points on the board than they have.” State will have an opportunity to turn its fortunes around starting this Saturday at home versus South Alabama. The following week, the Pack travels to Cincinnati for a Thursday night game against the Bearcats.

Commentary

Return to normality Acclimation after the 9/11 tragedy. Jeniece Jamison Senior Staff Writer

The Yankees have always been a huge part of my consciousness in professional sports. Of course, being a Bron x native does play a huge role in my fan allegiance, but my father’s influence definitely pulled me to what outsiders know as the ‘Evil Empire.’ Every father/daughter relationship has its own special type of bonding. Ours was going to Yankee games and watching the heroes of the 90’s and early 2000s take the field. In August of 2001, my parents moved our family to Charlotte, N.C. My father was still working in New York, so he still had to go back and forth between the two cities. On the day of the September 11th attacks, my father was supposed to fly back to New York, so naturally my concern went towards my father because his f light was supposed to leave at the same time of the fatal planes. Thankfully, nothing happened and he remained in the airport for the rest of the day. When I returned to New York for the first time since the attacks, one of the first places I visited was my aunt’s office. When I looked out the window of her office, the first thing I saw was Ground Zero with an American flag sticking out from the rubble. It was the first time that the attacks became real to me, as in it set into my consciousness, so nothing about my hometown was as I remembered it. But later on in the trip, a sign of reassurance came along with my favorite team. When I went to visit my grandfather, he said that we had to go to the Bronx to meet a man named James to buy fish. This already seemed odd enough to my brother and I, but little did we know that we would get one of the best surprises of our life. We waited a few blocks away from Yankee Stadium to meet this ‘James’ with my grandfather. We waited for about 45 minutes until we got suspicious, but then my father appeared from around the corner with Yankee tickets for the

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