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Decadein review2000-2010

2001: A c o u n t r y m o u r n s

and unites after it is

attacked, a five-year legal battle ends in

flames and murderers are sent to justice.

By Joseph CressSenTinel RepoRTeRjcress@cumberlink.com

It was a day like none other in recent memory.

The sky was a crystal clear blue on what started out as a normal Tuesday for most folks.

I was on my desk phone talking to my dad. My grand-mother had died just two days before and we were dis-cussing burial arrangements at the national cemetery at Indiantown Gap.

The TV across the news-room flashed a breaking sto-ry. A plane had hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Curious, I said good-bye to dad and went over to watch.

Reporters and editors speculated on the reason why. I knew something like it had happened before. Dur-ing World War II, a bomber crashed into the Empire State Building, but that was in a dense fog.

Just then we saw a low-fly-ing jet steer a course direct for the South Tower. In a single terrifying moment, the world had changed and we’ve not been the same ever since.

Local impact Most people alive on Sept.

11, 2001, can recall exactly where they were and what they were doing when they heard about the deaths of 3,000 men, women and children at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field outside Shanksville, Pa. Nothing this past decade has changed us more.

In Cumberland County, as across the United States, we coped with a mix of shock, sadness, fear and anger at the sight of the Twin Towers crumbling to dust. In the days that followed, we watched the news hoping, praying for any sign of life amid the wreckage.

The attacks galvanized us like no other event since Pearl Harbor and radically changed the dynamic of Carlisle and other communities deeply rooted in military tradition. Before 9/11, Carlisle Bar-racks was wide open. Motor-ists used to use it as a short-cut between the Carlisle Pike and Claremont Road. But on that day, security had tight-ened and there were guards searching every vehicle com-ing on post.

No one knew where the next attack would fall. Class-es were canceled at the Army War College. Non-essential staff were sent home from the Naval Support Activ-ity and Letterkenny Army Depot. The Defense Distri-bution Center in New Cum-berland was on a heightened state of alert.

In the days that followed, The Sentinel chronicled the public reaction, the stepped-up security, the prayer vig-ils, the show of flags and the sudden appearance of gold ribbons. We were united ... at

least for awhile. Within hours of the ter-

rorist attacks, Andy Henry of Carlisle and John Gilkey of Mt. Holly Springs were dis-patched to New York City as members of the Pennsylva-nia Task Force One rescue team. They were among the first people, outside of New Yorkers, to participate in the recovery operation at Ground Zero.

Carlisle happeningsBut even before 9/11,

Carlisle was united by a com-mon heritage. About 1,000 people braved the threat of rain to attend a community day at Thornwald Park. The June 3 event was the culmi-nation of five weeks of cel-ebrations marking the 250th anniversary of the founding of Carlisle.

The highlights included a presentation by Historic Carlisle Inc. in which re-en-actors donned costumes from the past three centu-ries of town history. From the steps of the old courthouse, they recalled such events as the Constitution Riots, the shelling of the town by the Confederate Army and the naming of Carlisle as the per-manent county seat.

2001 also witnessed the end of a five-year legal battle between Carlisle and prop-erty owner Robert Barrett when an early morning fire on March 27 gutted his prop-erties at 134, 136 and 138 E. High St.

The dispute began in 1996 with a request by Barrett to demolish the three adjoin-ing townhouses in the heart of Carlisle’s historic district. Barrett claimed the refusal by the borough infringed upon his property rights. What followed was a legal fight that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which had denied Barrett’s appeal just a day before the fire.

The year also saw the res-olution of two high-profile cases from 2000. James Bor-

wegen was convicted in Jan-uary of third-degree murder in the first homicide case to come out of Mechanicsburg Borough in 11 years. The son of a former borough police chief, he was sentenced to seven to 14 years in prison for the shooting death of David Colebaugh.

In May 2001, a jury found Matthew Norris and Em-mett Lockhart guilty of first-degree murder in the April 2000 robbery and shooting death of Shippensburg Uni-versity senior Sydney Bull. That December, the prose-cution’s star witness, Dontae Chambers, was found guilty of second-degree murder, robbery and kidnapping for his role in Bull’s death. All three men were sentenced to life in prison.

The closing days of 2001 also brought a mystery. A man walking his dog in a wooded area off Route 34 just west of Mt. Holly Springs found the body of Tina My-ers, 33, formerly of Upper Al-len Township. Douglas Smith of Harrisburg was arrested in August 2010 and charged with her homicide.

Marking a new day of infamy2001 showed ■

our strengths and weaknesses.

Before we step too far into 2011, we also want to pause and look back at the first de-cade of the new century.

now some may debate the past decade began in 2000, while others fix the start as 2001. The Sentinel would rather not argue but instead celebrates 11 years with a daily photo page starting today and running through Jan. 12.

The Sentinel reviewed about 4,000 days’ worth of photo and news assign-ments recorded between Jan. 1, 2000, and mid-December 2010 and chose some of the highlights.

So sit back and enjoy our tour through time — but may-be expect a phone call.

The Sentinel plans to close out this series on Jan. 13 with an article reporting on your hopes and expectations for 2011 and beyond. The edito-rial staff had its chance to pre-dict, project and summarize what we think may happen, but now we want to hear from you, our readers.

We invite you to express your thoughts by e-mailing re-porter Joseph David Cress at jcress@cumberlink.com.

In Focus

Sentinel file photos

Students and community members held a memorial at Dickinson College after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Above left and right: The five-year legal battle between Carlisle and property owner Robert Barrett ended on March 27, 2001, when a fire gut-ted his properties at 134, 136 and 138 E. High St.

Left: James Borwegen was convicted in Janu-ary 2001 of third-degree murder in the 2000 shooting death of David Colebaugh.

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