Soldiers from the Medical Readiness Detachment, New Hampshire Army National Guard, attend the Combat Medic Sustainment Training at the Edward Cross Training Complex in Pembroke, N.H., and the Regional Training Site in Strafford, N.H., from Aug. 11 to 21, 2026. (U.S. Army National Guard video by Sgt. Josephine Malloy, 114th Public Affairs Detachment)
Hardy was serving as the New Hampshire Air National Guard’s state plans officer when an Airman came into his office in Building 16, then the headquarters of the 157th Air Refueling Wing, and said a plane had crashed into a building in New York.