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bin Laden’s death brings closure for CHS students, staff Coleman Armes
World Trade Center. “Bobby was always full of joy,” Salamone said. “I remember us being together and all of the sudden he would break out singing a song from Broadway.” Fangman grew up in Baltimore and enjoyed traveling. After working with Verizon for a while, Fangman grew bored of the job. He decided he would become a flight attendant since it seemed like fun job
A week before September 11, 2011, Fangman was in Keller visiting Following the recent his brother and told his death of terrorist Osama mother Ruth Salamone, bin Laden, many Ameriwho lived in Baltimore, cans were reminded of the that he might come up to tragedies of September 11, see her before he went back 2001. His death provides to his job. He was unable to some closure, knowing the do this though, and Ruth leader of these attacks was was unable to see her son finally found, punished and again before he was killed unable to personally harm on Flight 175. anymore people. Flight 175 was head“I will always rememed to Los Angeles from ber watching the news late Boston that day. Sunday [May 1] What might be night and knowthe strangest thing ing that the man “I was surprised that I had about this whole who was responsible such relief that [bin Laden] story is that Fangfor the deaths of so was killed.” man was not origimany innocent peonally supposed to ple was finally taken be working that down,” sophomore -English teacher, Laura Salamone flight; another Preston Ramsey flight attendant was said. meant to be on that flight, Although all Ameribut accidentally entered cans were affected by 9/11 in which he could travel. Fangman started his the wrong code and wound and bin Laden’s death, it seems some were affected career as a flight attendant up being on another flight even more so than others in January 2001 and ab- ,instead. Bobby covered for for reasons such as hav- solutely loved it. He was her and decided to work ing family members die on doing a job that he truly the flight. enjoyed for a change. He At 9:03 a.m., Flight September 11, 2001. This is the case for was based in Boston since 175 crashed into the South freshmen English teacher he believed being stationed Tower at approximately Laura Salamone, whose there would allow him to 586 miles per hour. Fangcousin Robert “Bobby” move up to the position of man was believed to be one Fangman was a flight at- an international flight at- of the three on the plane tendant on United Airlines tendant, in which he would who had placed a call before Flight 175, which crashed be able to travel to new the flight crashed. What is believed to be his call was into the South Tower of the places around the world. Staff Writer
Panguluri excels at BPA nationals continued from pg. 1 Each of these competitors had to make it past two preliminary rounds, receiving either first or second in both, in order to make it to nationals. The national conference hosted over 50 events with competitors from 25 states, about 5,000 people total. While all the national qualifiers have reason to be proud, Panguluri has proven her exceptional skills by being the only CHS student to bring home a first-place title. “There were around 40 competitors in her event at nationals – two from each state,” BPA sponsor Jan McClintock said. “That’s a very large group of talented people and Sai was the best of all of them.” In her event, Human Resources Management, she was forced to deal with complex problems that could arise in the workplace in a unique and effective way. She applied her knowledge gained from reading Human Resources manuals and her unique sense of creativity to come up with an impressive presentation. “I’m given a prompt and I’m given half an hour to come up with a solution using my Human Resources guidelines,” Panguluri said. “I present it in a 5-7 minute speech,
Photo courtesy Mitu Bhattatiry Sophomore Sai Panguluri won first place at the National BPA competition in D.C.
then the judges can question me about it as long as they’d like.” In early March, Panguluri had placed first in the state-level competition, but that had still not prepared her for the shock of winning overall. “She was really cute when they called her name,” sophomore Nimi Bhattatiry said. “She wasn’t expecting it at all, so she was kind of sad when they called third and second place. When they called first, she kind of shrieked. It was just really fun to see how happy she was.” Though Panguluri may not have been expecting the honor, her teammates and club-sponsors had always had faith in her outstanding abilities. “She’s got that poise, those presentation skills and she can convey that well to the judges and let them
know what she’s trying to say,” McClintock said. While Panguluri received no monetary prize for her accomplishments, they are no less valuable. This award has opened up several avenues for scholarships and business opportunities as well as instilling a sense of pride for both Panguluri and CHS. “There was a lot of satisfaction in knowing that I’d worked hard at something and actually come out on top,” Panguluri said. Panguluri plans to continue to be an active member of BPA in order to further her knowledge of how the business world operates and to gain the skills she needs to be successful. “I would love to go into business, so this [was] an amazing experience,” Panguluri said.
Photo courtesy Laura Salamone Robert Fangman was a flight attendant on United Airlines Flight 175, which crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
to a United Airlines office warning that hijackers had taken over the plane and were likely flying it. After a minute and 15 seconds, the call was disconnected. Almost 10 long years later, after hearing the news of bin Laden’s death, Salamone can take a huge sigh of relief; the man responsible for the death of
her cousin, as well as many other innocent people, has been stopped permanently. “I was surprised that I had such relief that [bin Laden] was killed. It is nice to know that a criminal isn’t running around free anymore,” said Salamone. “It gave me great peace for my cousin’s family.” The rest of America
seems to be pretty pleased with bin Laden’s death, as well. “I’m glad they finally got him,” Coppell police officer Brandon Parrish said. “It tells other terrorists that America will find [them] eventually and that we will never forget the things they have done to innocent people.”