Frank Monaco’s mother told him she would only pay for college if he went to a Catholic school. So, Frank dutifully enrolled in the College of Steubenville, majoring in English— and never regretted it. He says the College gave him a solid educational background and lifelong friends, including many from his Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.

After graduating in 1972, he began working in retail and worked his way up to assistant manager for The Coach House men’s store after beginning his retail career at Kaufmann’s (now Macy’s) in Pittsburgh. Retail didn’t excite him, so his father suggested Frank take the Pennsylvania State Police test.

“I wasn’t sure it was for me, but I left 32 years later with tears in my eyes,” he says.

Frank had a storied career with the state police. In charge of the state troopers at the United Flight 93 crash site in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, he helped secure the area where, he notes, 90 percent of the evidence against the terrorists was discovered.

“That’s the busiest I ever was. We were there for 11 or 12 days straight,” he says.

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