AN OLD TIME PICNIC

Sunday August 24th
1-4 pm
At the Pavilion at Lima’s Mark Tubbs Park

Hots, Hamburgs, Beverages and Fun Provided
A Dish to Pass Welcome (but not required)

RSVP with number of attendees required for us to plan
Limahistoricalsociety@gmail.com
or
call 585-329-7675

The Air Traffic Control Response To the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

The Air Traffic Control Response
To the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

By Richard Kettell
Senior Air Traffic Control Manager
Cleveland Air Route Traffic Control Center

Lima Town Hall
Monday, September 8, 2025 : 7PM

On September 11, 2001, Rick Kettell was the senior Federal Aviation Authority official in charge of Cleveland ARTCC—the busiest air traffic control facility in the world. When news of multiple hijackings reached him, Kettell established a command post at the facility and led the FAA response to the terrorist attack in the skies of US Airspace. He witnessed firsthand the flight path and altitude changes of Flight 93 and shared radio messages mistakenly broadcast by the hijackers. He gave the order at Cleveland Center to shut down the airspace—an order never practiced or planned for. Kettell has since retired from the FAA, but remains active in teaching managers at the FAA Learning and Leadership Institute.

Please come and hear this intriguing personal narrative of how FAA officials responded to the terrifying events of the hijackings of 9/11, in particular, Flight 93 which ultimately crashed in Pennsylvania killing all the passengers and crew.

NEW EXHIBIT @ THE TENNIE BURTON MUSEUM

The Impact of the Civil War
on the Lima Community

The Tennie Burton Museum in Lima has a new summer exhibit focused on the impact of the Civil War on the people of Lima—the soldiers and their families who endured so much during the four long years of war. Learn the heartwarming story of two young men from Lima’s Genesee College who organized their fellow students to form Company G of the 27th Regiment of the Union Army. Included are weapons, clothing, letters, diaries, photos, discharge and pension papers, original regimental rosters, and a complete inventory of those Civil War veterans buried in local cemeteries.
Step back in time and remember Lima’s unique story.
Photo is of a group of Lima veterans (TB Museum 87.8.671).

The Museum is located at 1850 Rochester Street in Lima.
Open every Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4 PM June until the end of September.
Admission is free.