THE TRAGIC EVENTS OF 9-ELEVEN HITS HOME IN ONE WIREGRASS CITY.
CARL HAMMOND JR. OF GENEVA WAS ABOARD UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 175 WHICH WAS FLOWN BY TERRORISTS INTO ONE OF THE TWIN TOWERS.
TODAY, CAR'S UNCLE, GLENN HAMMOND, AND GENEVA MAYOR WYNNTON MELTON PAID THEIR RESPECT AT A TREE PLANTED IN HIS HONOR AT FOWLER PARK.
HAMMOND WAS 37-YEARS-OLD AND WORKING AS A SCIENTIST AT THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH.