Article: How we've changed; 9.11.01 - 9.11.02; `Hey, center, what's going on in New York?'; Most Minnesotans watched the horrors of 9/11 from far away. For a few, the devastation was immediate and personal.(SPECIAL)(How we've changed: 9.11.01 - 9.11.02)

Byline: Bob von Sternberg; Staff Writer

A year ago today, at precisely 8:32 a.m., a Sun Country Airlines 737 lifted off the runway at John F. Kennedy International Airport, banked to the northwest and headed for the Twin Cities.

Hal Johnson, a Cottage Grove resident with 20 years of flying under his belt, still remembers that "rare sightseeing day where we looked out the window more than we usually do." Johnson and his co-pilot gazed down at the towers of Manhattan, glittering just below them. "It was weird - it was just seconds before."

As Johnson flew north, American Airlines Flight 11 was screaming south. A week or so later, when Johnson next ...

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