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Regional Report: WCAX-TV’s Roger Garrity

On Fridays at this time, we turn to our Regional Report, speaking with local editors and reporters about what’s making news in their part of the state. This week, with the tenth anniversary of 9/11 in the news, we’re looking back at how journalists covered that story in Vermont.
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Life After 9/11: Lt. Col. Barent Rogers

Lt. Colonel Barent Rogers joined the Vermont Air National Guard in 1997. He was hired as a United Airlines pilot in 2000 and became what he calls a traditional Guardsman that same year. On September 11th, 2001 his jet fighter was the first to enter air space over Ground Zero in New York City.