Wherley

David F. Wherley Jr. – commander of Andrews air force base – PROMOTED to major general of the national guard of the district of columbia.

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There were the families of the dead on television: the inconsolable loved ones of train operator Jeanice McMillan, forty-two; David and Ann Wherley, both sixty-two; Mary Doolittle, fifty-nine; LaVonda King, twenty-three; Veronica DuBose, twenty-nine; Cameron Williams, thirty-seven; Dennis Hawkins, sixty-four; and Ana Fernandez, forty.

Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010

There were the families of the dead on television: the inconsolable loved ones of train operator Jeanice McMillan, forty-two; David and Ann Wherley, both sixty-two; Mary Doolittle, fifty-nine; LaVonda King, twenty-three; Veronica DuBose, twenty-nine; Cameron Williams, thirty-seven; Dennis Hawkins, sixty-four; and Ana Fernandez, forty.

Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010

There were the families of the dead on television: the inconsolable loved ones of train operator Jeanice McMillan, forty-two; David and Ann Wherley, both sixty-two; Mary Doolittle, fifty-nine; LaVonda King, twenty-three; Veronica DuBose, twenty-nine; Cameron Williams, thirty-seven; Dennis Hawkins, sixty-four; and Ana Fernandez, forty.

Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010

There were the families of the dead on television: the inconsolable loved ones of train operator Jeanice McMillan, forty-two; David and Ann Wherley, both sixty-two; Mary Doolittle, fifty-nine; LaVonda King, twenty-three; Veronica DuBose, twenty-nine; Cameron Williams, thirty-seven; Dennis Hawkins, sixty-four; and Ana Fernandez, forty.

Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010

Efforts to reach Wherley family members were unsuccessful.

Retired Major General Wherley Died in Crash 2009

From 2003 until his retirement a year ago, Gen. Wherley commanded the 2,500 soldiers and airmen of the District of Columbia's Army and Air National Guard units.

Retired Major General Wherley Died in Crash 2009

In Washington, Gen. Wherley was known for his involvement in youth-development programs and his tenure on the board of the District of Columbia Sports and Entertainment Commission, which played a key role in bringing professional baseball back to the nation's capital and constructing a new stadium.

Retired Major General Wherley Died in Crash 2009

He called Gen. Wherley "as fine a public servant as anyone I have ever met."

Retired Major General Wherley Died in Crash 2009

Local press reports indicated that it was Gen. Wherley who gave the order to scramble fighter jets over the nation's capital on the morning of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Retired Major General Wherley Died in Crash 2009