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RETIRED ADMIRAL FROM SIOUX CITY REMEMBERS 9/11 ATTACKS

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RETIRED ADMIRAL VERNON CLARK IS A NATIVE OF SIOUX CITY AND WAS SERVING AS THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS OF THE U.S. NAVY DURING THE TERRORIST ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001.

ADMIRAL CLARK HAD BEEN IN CHARGE FOR A LITTLE LESS THAN 14 MONTHS AT THAT TIME,

HE REMEMBERS VIVIDLY THE DAY OF THE ATTACK, SERVING AT THE PENTAGON WHEN THE TWIN TOWERS OF NEW YORK CITY WERE STRUCK:

CLARK3 OC………THIS WAS DIFFERENT. :11

HE THEN CALLED THE COMMANDER OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET:

CLARK4 OC……..TAKE ACTION. :24

A FEW MINUTES LATER, A PASSENGER AIRLINER CRASHED INTO THE PENTAGON:

CLARK5 OC……….IN THE CRASHES. :24

THE NEXT MORNING, ADMIRAL CLARK GATHERED HIS STAFF AND LAID OUT EXPECTATIONS:

CLARK6 OC……..UNITED STATES NAVY. :28

LATER THAT DAY ON THE 12TH, PRESIDENT BUSH CAME TO THE PENTAGON:

CLARK7 OC…….I WILL NOT FORGET. :30

CLARK RETIRED FROM THE NAVY IN JULY OF 2005.

HE NOW LIVES IN COLORADO AND THIS INTERVIEW WAS SHARED WITH US BY THE U.S. NAVY’S ALL HANDS MAGAZINE.