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Nine Line Takes Being Part of Something Bigger to the Next Level

Nine Line Takes Being Part of Something Bigger to the Next Level
Nine Line Apparel’s CEO Tyler Merritt. NineLineApparel.com
Salena Zito
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SAVANNAH, Georgia—Tyler Merritt understands the power of community, belonging, and purpose. It’s what drew him toward the military as a high school senior, not long after the Sept. 11 attacks. This service eventually led him to become an Apache helicopter pilot in the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, one of the most heavily deployed military units.

Salena Zito
Salena Zito
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Salena Zito has held a long, successful career as a national political reporter. Since 1992, she has interviewed every U.S. president and vice president, as well as top leaders in Washington, including secretaries of state, speakers of the House and U.S. Central Command generals. Her passion, though, is interviewing thousands of people across the country. She reaches the Everyman and Everywoman through the lost art of shoe-leather journalism, having traveled along the back roads of 49 states.