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Remembering 9/11
A flag for each victim of the 9/11 terror attacks was placed in the lawn of Academic Plaza. Leah Kappayil — THE BATTALION
George Bush Library helps remember 9/11 Museum exhibit features items, artifacts from 2001 terror attack By Brad Canon & Jacob Svetz @BradCanon1 & @JaSvetz
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A memorial honoring those who died on 9/11 will be in place at the George Bush Presidential Library until Sept. 29. The display, called “Responding to Sept. 11,” includes items like a World Trade Tower beam, the bullhorn President George W. Bush used at Ground Zero and notes from his impromptu speech. Jac Morse, a worker at the George Bush Library, said people have come from not only around Bryan-College Station, but also from all over the world to the museum to see the 9/11 display. “People come from all over, people from around town, but also out of state, we saw a couple from Canada, we have
Jimmy Storey, Class of 1965, was killed in the 9/11 terror attacks.
a group in from Ireland today and other states like California,” Morse said. The museum also owns a piece of a steel beam from the original World Trade Center, which they keep at the memorial for guests to see every year at this time, Morse said. “It is actually a part of the original tower, which belongs to the museum and they bring it out every year at 9/11,” Morse said. Joe Coughran, a worker at the museum and a retired Air Force colonel, said it is important for people to see the exhibit because many younger people are unaware of the significance of 9/11. “The most important reason to come to the memorial is to learn about it, a lot of kids at school don’t have the foggiest idea what 9/11 is,” Coughran said. Many people don’t really know what 9/11 is and the most important reason for anyone to come to the exhibit is for ev-
eryone to learn about the event, Coughran said. “To me it is something like Pearl Harbor, which was before my time, but I still relate to it because I have been there and I’ve see the vigil and realize the sacrifice made at Pearl Harbor versus the sacrifice made at 9/11,” Coughran said. “You can’t just think about the people killed in the buildings — but the police and fireman who were killed too.” Stephanie Mazurkiewicz, an Austin native, came with her friends, who were from out of the country, to see the memorial and said she believes it is important for everyone to come to the memorial because it is something no one should ever forget. “In order for the world and life to go on people need to know what happened, so it does not happen again, how it impacted other, how it brought the United MEMORIAL ON PG. 3
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Family remembers Aggie killed in 9/11 terrorist attack Jimmy Storey, Class of 1965, among 3 former students who died in strike FILE
By Chris Martin @martin19340 On the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, an Aggie was caught in the largest terrorist attack in the history of the United States. Jimmy Storey, Class of 1965 and former senior vice president for Marsh & McLennan, traveled from Houston to New York City on a business trip on that fateful day. Storey was on the 99th floor at the North World Trade Center to visit company offices that Tuesday morning. Storey was one of 2,977 people who lost their lives during the 9/11 attacks. Cynthia Morrow, Class of 1988 and Storey’s daughter, said if he made it to the business meeting a little later, he may have missed the attack by the Boeing 767. “He was having a meeting in the World Trade Center at that time,” Morrow said. “Some of the people who made the meeting on time were in there and those who got to the meeting [late] were not.” Morrow said he kept family very close and was heavily invested in his grandchildren. “He was a hard worker — he worked six days a week for as long as I can remember,” Morrow said. “He also liked to read and travel — he always had a hard time relaxing. He loved family, he really enjoyed grandkids. He had four when he passed away and now five and he was really enjoying that part.” Morrow said she wished her father could have been more involved in the lives of his grandchildren as they grew up. “He would have been the person at every volleyball game or dance,” Morrow said. “He STOREY ON PG. 3
The No. 16 Texas A&M volleyball team swept the Borderland Invitational this past weekend.
Quarterback Trevor Knight accounted for five touchdowns Saturday. Olivia Adam — THE BATTALION
67-0 5 takeaways from A&M’s shutout win over PVAMU
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Aggie defense takes another step forward John Chavis’ defense looked like an elite unit for the first three quarters of the A&M’s season-opening win over UCLA, but it struggled in the fourth quarter and allowed the Bruins to get back into the game. The Aggie defense was about as effective as possible for all four quarters against Prairie View A&M on Saturday, though, pitching a shutout and allowing only 205 total yards of offense. “Shutouts are hard to come by,” junior defensive back Nick Harvey, who recorded a 73-yard punt return touchdown, said after the game. “Getting the shutout — it doesn’t happen every day. We feel great right now but we made some mistakes today; we need to get back to work TAKEAWAYS ON PG. 2
A&M volleyball sweeps Borderland Invitational By Angel Franco @angelmadison_ The No. 16 Texas A&M volleyball team added three wins to its resume after a trip to the Texas borderland. The Aggies swept Arizona, New Mexico State and UT-El Paso in the Borderland Invitational. The maroon and white faced Arizona in the first match of the weekend Friday on the NMSU campus. A&M defeated the Wildcats in three straight sets, 25-16, 26-24, 25-20. Junior setter Stephanie Aiple directed the A&M offense to a .298 hitting efficiency. Three Aggies had eight kills each in the match. Later that evening, A&M played NMSU in the night cap. A&M tallied its second sweep of the day after
taking down their fellow Aggies in three straight sets. A&M was down 6-1 in the first set before tying the match at six apiece after five unanswered points. Late in the first set, the Aggies mounted a comeback to take the first set, 25-20. Despite coming within three points of tying the second set, NMSU was unable to survive the A&M attack, losing the second set, 25-16. In the third and what was ultimately the final set of the game, A&M trailed NMSU 14-9, however the A&M offense went on an 11-2 run after junior opposite hitter Ashlie Reasor recorded back-to-to back kills, leading to a 2519 A&M win. VOLLEYBALL ON PG. 2