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Texas Rangers third base coach Gary Pettis talks with players in the dugout during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) by Stephen HawkinsAP Sports Writer Texas Rangers third base coach Gary Pettis still has vivid memories of that day 12 years ago, when two hijacked jets were flown into the World Trade Center towers. Back then, Pettis was a coach for the Chicago White Sox, who had arrived in town only a few hours earlier for a scheduled game that night against the New York Yankees. "You could smell the smoke. It wasn't a good feeling that day," Pettis said Wednesday before a home game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. "It's so sad that so many people lost their lives, and it's ruined other peoples' lives. ... It's like it was a movie, it's like that wasn't something that actually happened. I still can't believe it."
