David and Ann Wherley were high school sweethearts who were king and queen of their high school prom in York, Pennsylvania. They were preparing to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary next month, but their lives were tragically cut short last week in the Metro train crash in Washington.
A former commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, David Wherley was also the military man who, on September 11, 2001, deployed planes over Washington to protect the White House and take out any aircraft that threatened the Capitol.
"They said, 'Challenge them, try to turn them away; if they don't turn away, use whatever force is necessary to keep them from hitting buildings downtown,' " Wherley told the Washington Post in 2002. 
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CNN's David DeSola contributed to this report.
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