SHARON MCBRAYER
The News Herald
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Eric Cranford stands in front of a plane on the day he earned his flight wings. He was killed in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, when an airliner flew into the Pentagon.
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