“It was a beautiful morning in Alabama’s Capital City. While meeting with the Alabama lawmakers over breakfast, I noticed an airplane flying into the World Trade Center in New York
It was 23 years ago on September 11, 2001, when terrorists attacked our country. It was a day in infamy and a wakeup call for America. Allow me to share some memories from that day from famous Alabama political figures.
University of South Alabama President and former Mobile/Baldwin Congressman Jo Bonner was in a meeting in Montgomery. As the Congressman for the 1st District of Alabama, he was working with Alabama legislators on redistricting. He says, City on the big television that was set up in the Embassy Suites lobby. At about the same time, it seemed like everyone else had seen what I saw. Not surprisingly, quite a chatter arose in the lobby hotel.
State Sen. Will Barfoot had just begun his career as a young lawyer. He was practicing in the Beasley Law Firm in Montgomery. His wife called him when the first plane hit. When he hung up, he could hear people congregating and talking loudly in the hallway outside his office. They all went into a lawyer’s office which had a television. They all watched as the second plane hit the tower. They were all stunned and astonished, as was the entire world.
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