- September 12th, 2016, 1:32 am
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I wipe a tear every time I tell this story...
I was at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, VA. We were in the middle of Block 2 and I was in weightlifting class when someone shouted that they heard on the radio by the lat machine that someone had flown a plane into the World Trade Center...we all kinda rolled our eyes because we were always shooting the bull because it kept the mood light while we were lifting...so we dismissed and I went back to Charlie barracks to get showered for the rest of the day. After I got back into my uniform they called for all cadets to report to Company Street for formation...which was not totally unusual because Col. Baker would have them call one for all sorts of special announcements. After we formed a school circle following formation, he confirmed that indeed, someone had flown a plane into the World Trade Center and that a second had hit not long before that formation...one thing that needs to be noted is a lot of dignitaries and well known people send their sons (and until a few years ago their daughters) to Hargrave and places like it so when something like 9/11 happens, that heightens the security and tension around campus...
Anyway, we turned on the TVs in every classroom and watched the replay of the planes hitting the towers...and it really got the seniors and postgrad students (like myself) talking, because when president W. announced the military action we would be taking, there was concern that they might call for a draft and that some of us may get sent off to Afghanistan to fight...well that never materialized but it definitely impacted the school pretty significantly...we had a memorial parade that Friday and there was a moment of silence at the Fishburne Military-Hargrave Military football game (I was a manager for Hargrave's football team) as well...
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Liberty Class of 2009
2007 AND 2008 Big South Football Champions
2014 FCS Playoff Qualifier