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In the moments before the first plane hit the world trade center on september 11 officials from 18 states had gathered for the annual southern governors association conference in lexington
The SGA, founded in 1934, was the oldest and largest regional association of U.S. governors the association retired in 2016.
"Southern Governors' Association has hosted 3 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1995 Forum." Southern Governors' Association | Organization | C-SPAN.org The video presented from the 2001 meeting was 9/10/01 with Vice President Cheney. Vice President Dick Cheney addressed Southern governors on federal energy policy and the U.S. economy.
Southern Governors' Association Records, 1983-2013 - Annual Meeting, 2001
National Briefing | South: South Carolina: Governors Back Hodges - The New York Times
State officials remember 9.11 | Archives | madisoncourier.com
Southern Governors' Association Records, 1983-2013
Southern Governors' Association Records, 1983-2013 - Annual Meeting, 2001
Southern Governors Conference 2001 | KET
Paul E. Patton Governor of Kentucky (1995-2003)
"In the moments before the first plane hit the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, officials from 18 states had gathered for the annual Southern Governors’ Association conference in Lexington. As governor of Kentucky and chairman of the association, I was hosting the event.
Around 9 a.m. we learned that a plane had crashed into the North Tower. At the time, we believed it to be a terrible accident. Within minutes, we were told the South Tower had also been hit. Quickly finding a room with a television, I, along with West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise, Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Gov. Mike Foster of Louisiana, and several others, watched with horror and disbelief the destruction and devastation unfolding on the streets of America’s most famous city.
When news of a jet crashing into the Pentagon came across the wires we knew our nation was under attack. The governors needed to get home, but couldn’t fly since all planes had been grounded. We began sending them out with Kentucky State Troopers who coordinated their safe return with law enforcement officers across the south.
In the days that followed, we came together as a country and a commonwealth to pray for those who had paid the ultimate cost in these acts of aggression."
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