By Arthur E. Foulkes

TERRE HAUTE — Ron Moore, an adjunct professor of political science at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, has more vivid memories of 9/11 than most Americans.

Moore was a civilian employee working at the Pentagon when one of the jets hijacked by terrorists crashed into the building on Sept. 11, 2001.

For several hours after the attacks, Moore could not reach his wife, Sharon Ammen, who was teaching at St. Mary-of-the-Woods in Terre Haute, to let her know he was OK.

Misinformation flying around that morning had Ammen “pretty much convinced that I was a goner,” Moore said. “It was pretty brutal.”

Still, for American voters, the influence and memories of the 9/11 attacks may be fading, local political scientists and election observers say. Read more...