Catawba County is more than 600 miles from New York City.
Sandy Cooke, Sherrills Ford Library branch manager, wanted to close that gap and bring the events of Sept. 11 closer to home.
“It affects us all,” Cooke said of the attacks. “We all have a personal stake in this. We’re human.”
For the last eight years, Cooke created a Sept. 11 display in the Sherrills Ford Library, complete with books, memorabilia, photographs and newspapers about what many people say changed the course of American history.
Everyone has personal terrorists.
From underwater mortgages to abusive relationships and secret addictions, these problems devastate lives and leave a path of destruction.
Nine years ago, Trina Hines, 46, of Conover, faced real terrorists during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
Hines shares her survival story with others, so when they face terrorists, whether they be actual or theoretical, they can overcome and persevere.
