Corey Daniel sifts through a cardboard box from the dining room table in his Lodi home. He extracts a pair of brown, size 12 penny loafers.

Although thousands of unfortunate souls perished in Tuesday's fiery attack on New York's twin World Trade Center towers, Lodi's Corey Daniel was among the fortunate - escaping the blazing structure unhurt just minutes before it collapsed into a pile of smoldering rubble.

Although thousands of unfortunate souls perished in Tuesday’s fiery attack on New York’s twin World Trade Center towers, Lodi’s Corey Daniel was among the fortunate — escaping the blazing structure unhurt just minutes before it collapsed into a pile of smoldering rubble.

The Wallace family: Kenneth Wallace, 43, his wife, Kimberly 40, daughters, Patricia, 19, who works at a Christian High School in Michigan and attends classes on the Internet, Cassaundra, 17, a senior at Lodi High and a member of Meistersingers choral group, son, Gregory, 15, a sophomore at Lodi High, and their foster son, Daniel Brown, 17.

DANIEL "DAN" DORTH

Here is a list of Lodi Academy graduates for 2010:

When Lodi's Corey Daniel heard the announcement to evacuate the World Trade Center, he thought the building must be on fire.

When Lodi’s Corey Daniel heard the announcement to evacuate the World Trade Center, he thought the building must be on fire.

Individuals whose efforts helped open a new hotel in Lodi, bring to town an elite performing group and construct a dazzling tasting room were honored Tuesday by Visit Lodi! Conference and Visitors Bureau.

Until a few weeks ago, Galt only had two motels, but now it has a full-service hotel behind Raley's on Twin Cities Road.

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