Marine Gunnery Sgt. was in Pentagon during attack

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Marine Gunnery Sgt. was in Pentagon during attack
Updated: Tuesday, 11 Sep 2012
Renee Dials
Photojournalist: La-Keya Stinchcomb

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A retired Marine from the Gulf Coast was at the Pentagon when it was attacked on 9/11.

Ronald Mix had an appointment at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, to talk with an official about his pending transfer from the Marine Corp University in Virginia to Camp LeJeune. He had no idea how the day would unfold.

"This was the day that I said I'm going to go in and take care of this, and as I was going in, the World Trade Center episode happened," Mix said.

Mix was a Staff Sergeant at the time. He and others were watching the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center when another unthinkable act occurred.

Mix was in a different part of the huge complex when the Pentagon was attacked.

"I went home. I couldn't.. I would just stare at the TV. I said I got to do something."

Even though he didn't work there, and he didn't even know if he would be allowed on site, he went back to do whatever he could.

Mix and another Marine were first to display a flag at the tragic scene.
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