‘A life-changing event’: How former law enforcement leaders remember 9/11 19 years later - Gainesville Times

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‘A life-changing event’: How former law enforcement leaders remember 9/11 19 years later

Former Gainesville Police Chief Frank Hooper's shadow box at his Hall County home includes a wooden cross made from a pew at a church near Ground Zero. - photo by Scott Rogers

09112020 MEMORIAL 3.jpg — Former Gainesville Police Chief Frank Hooper's shadow box at his Hall County home includes a wooden cross made from a pew at a church near Ground Zero. - photo by Scott Rogers

The week surrounding Sept. 11, 2001, was a life-changing one for now retired Gainesville Police Chief Frank Hooper.