While flags are at half staff due to the murder of conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, today September 11 will forever remain a day to remember.
Radio Greeneville News spent some time Wednesday getting comments about that fateful day from many we see and/or speak with in our day-to-day activities.
The question “where were you on that day” brought up various responses and memories.
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He worked elsewhere in 2001, but current Greene County Partnership President and CEO Jeff Taylor remembers being a bit too close for comfort days before the attacks.
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MIke Musick is now a Greene County Courthouse Deputy. In 2001, he was training at the firing range when trouble began.
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We talked to number of educators , including first year teacher James Buchanan, who walked into a classroom at North Greene to witness what the students were watching.
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The new Principal at the Greeneville Career and Technical Academy is Josh Davis, who was an ETSU student at the time, and remembers where he wanted to be when classes were cancelled for the remainder of the day.
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Greene County Sessions Judge Ken Bailey was a first year practicing attorney in 2001 and was in a Jefferson County courtroom that morning. Bailey headed back home when court was adjourned for the day without reason. He found out on his radio car what had happened, and says he couldn’t get home quickly enough.
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Local businessman and current Tusculum Mayor Alan Corley also spent 21 years as Chief of the Tusculum Volunteer Fire Department.
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BELOW ARE FULL COMMENTS FROM OTHERS RADIO GREENEVILLE NEWS SPOKE WITH
AIDNET PRESIDENT/CEO JEFF IDELL and his wife were in Vegas at the time and getting home proved to be an adventure
GREENE COUNTY SESSIONS JUDGE KEN BAILEY remembers just wanting to get home to his family
GREENE COUNTY COURTHOUSE DEPUTY MIKE MUSICK knew he was soon headed overseas
FORMER REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIR BRETT PURGASON had a family member at the Pentagon
NORTH GREENE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR/BASKETBALL COACH JAMES BUCHANAN was a first year teacher at NG
RETIRED GREENE COUNTY TEACHER/COACH BARRY CARTER was teaching at WG
GREENEVILLE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ACADEMY PRINCIPAL JOSH DAVIS was a student at ETSU
GREENE COUNTY PARTNERSHIP PRESIDENT/CEO JEFF TAYLOR was on a business trip that turned uncomfortable
STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID HAWK says the attacks validated his decision to run for office for his country
TUSCULUM MAYOR/TUSCULUM FIRE CHIEF FOR 21 YEARS ALAN CORLEY remembers those who walk toward danger
REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIR TOM BIBLE was working at the Jonesborough Co-Op at the time
