Metro crash victims 'inseparable' since prom

Jun. 30, 2009
David and Ann Wherley were inseparable since being dubbed king and queen of their high school prom in the 1960s. The two had just finished volunteering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center last Monday, when they boarded a commuter train. They were killed tragically moments later. David Wherley also...
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