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The News Argus
Winston-Salem State University
E-mail: newzargus@yahoo.com
October 2001
Shockwaves spread across WSSU
as news of tragic attacks hits home
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The second plane, United Airlines Flight 175, crashed into the
second tower of the World Trade Center minutes after Flight
hit the first tower.
By James Jones Jr.
Argus Editor-In-Chief
Winston-Salem State is
still grieving along with
the rest of America after
the tragic attacks that
occurred on Sept. 11.
On that day, two planes
crashed into each of the
World Trade Center
Towers in New York, and
a third plane crashed into
the Pentagon in
Washington, D.C.
A fourth plane, headed
for an unspecified loca
tion, crashed in Somerset
County, Pa.
The crashes caused
both of the World Trade
Center towers and a sec
tion of the Pentagon to
collapse, leaving thou
sands of people either
dead, missing or injured.
Several students and
staff members discovered
that they had relatives
who were either working
in or in the vicinity of one
of the locations of the
attacks.
Photos courtesy of Myra Waddell
A construction worker uses her sign to let passing motorists
know her feelings about the terrorist attacks.
Dee Martin, a junior
clinical laboratory science
major was patiently try
ing to contact a family
member who lived near
the WTC towers.
"It's just devastating
when you can't find a
person," said Martin.
"It's just hard right
now because I don't know
if he was there or not."
Art Malloy, the associ
ate vice chancellor of stu
dent affairs, found out
that one of his close
friends has been missing
since the attacks occurred.
"We were in law school
together at Ohio State,"
said Malloy.
"This goes to show ...
that you should keep up
with your friends because
you never know when
See REACTIONS,
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WSSU grad dies on plane that hit Pentagon
By Nicole Ferguson
Argus Reporter
Photo courtesy of 1958 Ram yearbook
Sarah Miller Clark died on American
Airlines Flight 77, which crashed into
the Pentagon.
Sept. 11 marks a day of
national tragedy and the loss of
a fellow Ram.
Sarah Miller Clark, 65, was on
American Flight 77 that depart
ed from Dulles International
Airport and crashed into the
Pentagon.
A native of Gastonia, the
sixth-grade teacher at Backus
Middle School in Washington,
D.C., was one of several teach
ers taking elementary-school
students on a field trip to Santa
Barbara, Calif., for an ecology
conference sponsored by
National Geographic.
Clark completed her senior
“We loved her at
Backus. She was an
excellent teacher.
Just exuberant.
Young at heart and
young in spirit.”
Nellie Cook-Jefferson,
assistant principal at
Backus Middle School
year at Winston-Salem State
University, then known as
Winston-Salem Teachers
College. The 1958 graduate was
an elementary-education major
and was involved in several stu
dent organizations on campus
including the Charm Club,
Dance Group, SNEA (Student
National Education Association)
and the Drama Guild.
Clark also received a master's
degree in urban learning from
Washington University.
She had a successful career as
a school teacher in the D.C.
public-school system for 35
years.
Clark had made plans to
marry John M. Wesley of
Columbia, Md. They were
engaged in April and wanted
See CLARK, page 2