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EANGUS members victims in Metro Train Crash
WASHINGTON - The victims of the Metro train crash in Washington included the recently retired commanding general of the D.C. National Guard and his wife; two working moms; a retired teacher who was working as a substitute, and a woman who worked with nurses around the world.
Here is what family members, co-workers and others had to say about them:
Maj. Gen. David F. Wherley Jr., 62, was the retired commanding general of the D.C. National Guard. His wife Ann, 62, was also killed in the collision. They lived in Washington.
U.S. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton wrote in an e-mail that she developed a close relationship with Wherley, especially during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars as D.C. National Guard members were transformed from weekend warriors to Army troops in battle.
Wherley worked on deployment and return ceremonies for troops, funding for Guard members' tuition and afterschool activities conducted by the Guard.
Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty said of Wherley: "He was as fine a public servant, as dedicated to the United States of America as anyone I have ever met."
The Associated Press - June 24, 2009 |
