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Woman recalls Gainesville friend who died in 9/11 attack
Edna Stephens was killed when a plane crashed into the Pentagon
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On Sept. 11, 2001, Peggy Jackson happened to be scheduled away from her office at the Pentagon for training and lost her friend and co-worker Edna Stephens in the terrorist attack. - photo by Tom Reed
They were two friends whose lives closely mirrored each other until a national tragedy separated them forever. Peggy Jackson and Edna Stephens grew up in Gainesville and later reunited in Washington, D.C., with both working at the Pentagon, headquarters for the U.S. Department of Defense. On the weekend before Sept. 11, 2001, the two women took a weekend trip to Gainesville for a family reunion.