Editor’s note: The Vail Veterans Program and the Vail Daily will highlight the service of an Eagle County veteran each month in Veteran Voices.
On a crystal clear morning on Sept. 11, 2001, the entire world was turned upside down as Islamic terrorists successfully orchestrated four suicide attacks utilizing commercial airliners in New York City and Washington D.C., killing almost 3,000 people.
The attacks generated a tsunami of uncertainty and anxiety, but for one college freshman, 9/11 cemented a decision to step up and help in defending her country. It was a decision that Anne Scott had never even contemplated, but she would be a Marine.
Read the Vail Daily story HERE.
