In this special episode of Zone 7, Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum, is joined by Constable Oswald Fudge to discuss the extraordinary hospitality of Gander, Newfoundland, during the 9/11/01 attacks.
Sheryl was directly involved in coordinating efforts at the Pentagon. She provides a detailed timeline of the tragic events, sharing personal concerns for her family involved in the airline industry. Together they share humorous anecdotes about toilet paper donations to touching stories of resilience and compassion.
Sheryl and Oswald also discuss the transformative power of the play “Come From Away,” which focuses on the events of 9/12.
About the ‘Zone 7’ Host
Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an Emmy Award-winning CSI, a writer for CrimeOnline, a forensic and crime scene expert for “Crime Stories with Nancy Grace,” and a CSI for a metro-area Atlanta Police Department. She is the co-author of the textbook, “Cold Case: Pathways to Justice.”
McCollum is also the founder and director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, a collaboration between universities and colleges that brings researchers, practitioners, students, and the criminal justice community. They come together to advance techniques in solving cold cases and assist families and law enforcement with solvability factors for unsolved homicides, missing persons, and kidnapping cases.
You can connect and learn more about McCollum’s work by visiting the CCIRI website https://coldcasecrimes.org
Social Links:
- Email: coldcase2004@gmail.com
- Twitter: @ColdCaseTips
- Facebook: @sheryl.mccollum
[Feature Photo: FILE- In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, American Airlines Flight 175 closes in on World Trade Center Tower 2 in New York, just before impact. Families of the victims of the worst terror attack on the United States in history gathered Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, to mark their 12th anniversary with a moment of silence and the reading of names. The Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in New York City and Washington killed almost 3,000 people and lead to a war in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/William Kratzke)]