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9/11 Va. Firefighter Remembered

Submitted by WUSA9 Web Staff
Thursday, June 13th, 2013, 2:54pm

ANNANDALE, Va. (WUSA9) -- Friends and family remembered the life and accomplishments of one of the first responders to the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.

Phillip McKee died May 31, 2013. Family members believe he succumbed to injuries sustained from 9/11 - figurative and literal.

McKee was on one of the first engines to arrive at the Pentagon. He severely injured his leg and according to family, battled post-traumatic stress disorder until his death.

"He was disabled - smoke, lung inhalation his lower leg was fractured," husband and partner Nopadon McKee said.

McKee graduated from Yale and Harvard University before turning to public service and a new career as an artist/businessman.

"He did everything he wanted to do," said his grandmother.

"He was a character in recruit school," said Arlington Fire Capt. Gregg Karl. "[He was a] great person to be around.

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FBI Investigating 2 Attempted Bank Robberies In Arlington

Submitted by WUSA9 Web Staff
Monday, June 10th, 2013, 2:32pm

ARLINGTON, Va. (WUSA9) - Arlington County Police and agents with the FBI's Washington Field Office are trying to identify a bank robbery suspect. Police say he was captured in surveillance footage at separate locations on Monday during two robbery attempts.

The first robbery attempt occurred at 11:08 a.m. in the 3700 block of Lee Highway at the Suntrust Bank inside of Safeway, say police. Twenty minutes later, the man attempted to rob the PNC Bank inside the Giant food store in the 2900 block of S. Glebe Road. In both incidents, the man approached the teller with a handwritten note demanding money and implying he had a weapon, say police. Police report that he fled both times without receiving money.

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Deputy In Alexandria Shooting Case Appears In Court

Submitted by WUSA9 Web Staff
Saturday, June 1st, 2013, 10:52pm

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WUSA9) -- Arlington County Deputy Craig Patterson made his first court appearance after being charged with murder in the shooting death of  22-year-old Julian Dawkins.  Patterson appeared via closed circuit TV screen at the Alexandria courthouse on Friday morning and as denied bond.

Police Chief Earl Cook said Patterson was arrested on thursday without incidence ot a residence in Fredericksburg. 

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STS. CONSTANTINE AND HELEN GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH to CELEBRATE GROUNDBREAKING in SILVER SPRING

Submitted by Asha Sedalia Bruot, ASHA Public Relations, LLC
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013, 10:51am
STS. CONSTANTINE AND HELEN GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH to CELEBRATE GROUNDBREAKING in SILVER SPRING

US Congressmen Sarbanes, Van Hollen and Greek Ambassador to Attend Groundbreaking

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President Obama Honors Veterans At Arlington National Cemetery

Submitted by WUSA9 Web Staff
Monday, May 27th, 2013, 11:14am

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - President Barack Obama has laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns in a visit to Arlington National Cemetery, the final resting place for many American war heroes.

Obama rode by motorcade from the White House to the hallowed burial grounds in suburban Virginia on a sun-splashed, but cool spring holiday. Canon fire could be heard in the distance.

Marines stood at attention along the road that carried the president to tomb site. The headstones at the national cemetery were adorned with mini-American flags.

Appearing before a hushed crowd at the venerable cemetery, Obama strode with uniformed military officers to the site of the Tomb and set the wreath in place after the playing of the National Anthem.

The president was to give a speech following the wreath-laying.

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Man Injured When His Gun Discharges At Parking Garage

Submitted by WUSA9 Web Staff
Monday, May 27th, 2013, 10:30am

ARLINGTON, Va. (WUSA9) -- Arlington County Fire Chief Dan Fitch says a civilian suffered non-life threatening injuries when his concealed weapon unintentionally discharged inside the parking garage at Arlington Cemetery on Monday morning.

The person was transported to George Washington University Hospital, according to Fitch. 

The incident is still under investigation.

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Aircraft Fly Too Close To Each Other At National

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Saturday, May 25th, 2013, 1:15pm

WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA)--The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an incident that occurred about one mile south of Washington National Airport at 4 p.m., Friday, May 24, 2013.

FAA officials say that Republic Airlines 3281, an Embraer E170 aircraft, was descending to land on Runway 33 when a military UH-60 helicopter flying ahead of and below the E170, briefly climbed to the same altitude of 400 feet.

According to the FAA statement, air traffic control advised both pilots of the location of the other aircraft before the military helicopter climbed.

An FAA spokesperson says the E170 made a missed approach, circled around and landed safely a few minutes later.

 

 

 

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