Thursday, September 11th

This is your official Air Force Academy History Update for Thursday, September 11th –  

On this day, back in 2001 — Air Force Reserve Major LeRoy Homer, Class of ‘87, is killed when United Airlines Flight 93, on which he was First Officer, crashes into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. In addition, retired Colonel Charles Jones, Class of ‘74, is killed when American Airlines Flight 11, on which he was a passenger, crashes into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. These events were part of a terrorist attack that involved four hijacked airplanes and took the lives of nearly 3,000 people.  The names of Colonel Jones and Major Homer appear on the Graduate War Memorial on the Academy Terrazzo. 

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