Stories from Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Everything was good. It was a perfect day for homecoming at Chapel Hill on Friday, the much-anticipated parade went on as scheduled a little light but without a hitch as the Class of ‘95’ got its firetruck ride, the beautiful homecoming Queen Hannah Villazon received her crown, the heroes and victims of 9/11 and the community first responders were honored before the game, and the Forrest Rockets entertained historical rival Moore County in a non-region contest at the Murrey E. Holton Memorial Field. Everyone’s lives would be different later that night.

Your life can change in a split second and when it does many more lives can be affected and forever be intertwined and that’s what happened Friday night at the Murrey E. Holton Memorial Field in Chapel Hill early in the third quarter as the Rockets took on Moore County in the annual Homecoming football game...