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Sept. 11     Government       Entertainment       Media       Sports       Business

September 11, 2001  Tragedy

Rick Rescorla	Security head at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, was going from floor to floor, making sure that people made it out safe.  (Deceased WTC)
Captain Pat Brown	N.Y.F.D Captain, one of its most decorated firefighters, was in the north tower when it collapsed. (Deceased WTC)
Battalion Chief Joseph Grzelak	N.Y.F.D Battalion Chief,  28 year veteran of the NYFD. (Deceased WTC)
Ret. Master Sgt. Max Beilke	Officially was the last American combat soldier to leave Vietnam in 1973. He was a civilian employee at the Pentagon. (Deceased Pentagon)
Bill Cashman	Aboard flight 93 that crashed in Pennsylvania.

 

Government:

Colin Powell	Ret. General, United States Military Current US Secretary of State
Tom Ridge	Dir. Homeland Security
John McCain	United States Senator  (R-AZ)
Norman Schwarzkoph	Ret. General, United States Military
Albert Gore	Former Vice President
Tony Knowles	Governor of Alaska
Gray Davis	Governor of California
Jesse Ventura	Governor of Minnesota
Max Cleland	United States Senator  (D-GA)
Chuck Hagel	United States Senator  (R-NE)
Bob Kerrey	United States Senator  (D-NE)
John Kerry	United States Senator  (D-MA)
Chuck Robb	United States Senator  (D-VA)
Guion Bluford. Jr	The first black astronaut in space.
Hazel W. Johnson	Brigadier General
Sherian Grace Cadoria	Brigadier General
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Entertainment:

Dennis Franz	Actor and star of the TV show NYPD Blue
Oliver Stone	Award winning writer/producer
Pat Sajak	Host of The Wheel of Fortune
Larry Wilcox	Actor and star of the TV show CHiPs
Patrick Duffy	Actor and star of the TV show Dallas
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Media:

Donald Graham	Publisher of the Washington Post
Walter Anderson	Publisher of Parade Magazine
Gerald Byrne	Former Publisher of Variety
Steve Kroft	Correspondent for 60 Minutes
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Sports:

Roger Staubach	1963 Heisman trophy winner  Two-time Superbowl Champion
Earl Woods	The father of Golf pro Tiger Woods
Rocky Bleier	Four Time Superbowl champion with the Pittsburgh Steelers
Woody Campbell	Running Back, Houston Oilers
Larry Nelson	Golfer, Senior PGA Tour.
Al Bumby	Outfielder, Baltimore Orioles (72-84) Coach, Boston Red Sox (86-93) Coach, Baltimore Orioles (94-95)
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Business:

Fred Smith	Founder and Chairman of Federal Express
J. Craig Venter	President; Celera Genomics.   First assembly of the human genome
Bill Kupper	President of Business Week Group
Robert Renneisen	President & CEO; Miss America Organization
Jann Scruggs	Founder; Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Howard Stringer	Chairman and CEO; Sony Corporation of America
John Draper	AKA Cap'n Crunch from the phone phreaking days; 13th employee of Apple computer; Co-founder of ShopIP Security Solutions.
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