“I think almost every American can remember exactly where they were when it happened,” said Bartow County Commissioner Steve Taylor. “It was just a tragic day, one that I’ll remember forever.” Friday marks the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. On that date in 2001, members of the terrorist group al-Qaida hijacked four airliners. Two of them were flown into the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York City; one of them was flown into the Pentagon, in Arlington County, Virginia; and the fourth crashed into a field in rural Pennsylvania in the midst of a passenger revolt. It wasn’t clear exactly what was happening at the time. “I was at my farm supply store,” Taylor said. “We had the TV on behind the counter, and when the first plane hit the first tower, I just thought it was an accident. "I got in my vehicle to go to Calhoun, and heard on the radio that a second plane had hit the second tower. I knew then there was possibly a terrorist attack, and it was scary that our nation was under attack. Who knew what all was coming behind this?” Euharlee Police Chief Jody Matthews had just gotten out of the Army a few months before, and was at home when news of the attacks broke. “I was working for the Georgia Department of Corrections at the time, and I was at home with my daughter, who was an infant,” Matthews said. “I worked the evening shift, and so I didn’t have to go in until 3 p.m. "My wife called me that morning and told me to turn on the television…
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