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‘Thank God, right, he missed that flight’: NC State’s Doeren recalls father’s 9/11 story

 CSNC News Wire  September 8, 2026  Leave a Comment on ‘Thank God, right, he missed that flight’: NC State’s Doeren recalls father’s 9/11 story
'Thank God, right, he missed that flight': NC State's Doeren recalls father's 9/11 story

NC State football coach Dave Doeren said his father was supposed to be on one of the planes that crashed in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

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