After 9/11, Daniel Prial chose his path: He wanted to go into the military.
“It was a tough day for him,” recalls his father, Greg Prial. Greg Prial was working that day as a lieutenant with the FDNY, and his family hadn’t heard from him. The experience marked Danny, and lit a fire.
“It kind of set him on a path,” his father said.
That path, filled with hard work, led to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and a career as a Black Hawk helicopter pilot for the U.S. Army.
“His dream was to fly,” Greg Prial said, “and he got that.”
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Inauguration Day 2021: Joe Biden takes helm as president, Kamala Harris now 1st female VP
Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, summoning American resilience to confront a historic confluence of crises and urging people to come together to end an uncivil war in a nation deeply divided after four tumultuous years. Declaring that democracy has prevailed, Biden took the oath at a U.S. Capitol that had been battered by an insurrectionist siege just two weeks earlier.
Two members of the US Army National Guard were removed last night from security duties at today’s inauguration after they were found to have ties to far-right militias.The FBI has warned that
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President-elect Joe Biden speaks during a COVID-19 memorial on Tuesday at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. (APAP Photo/Alex Brandon)
WASHINGTON, DC President-elect Joe Biden made a sober entrance to the nation s capital Tuesday, ready to assume power as America reels from the coronavirus pandemic, soaring unemployment and grave concerns about more violence as he prepares to take the oath of office.
Biden, an avid fan of Amtrak, had planned to take a train into Washington ahead of Wednesday s Inauguration Day, but scratched that plan in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Twelve National Guard members have been removed from inauguration security after they were found to have ties with right-wing militia groups or posted extremist views online.