Maj. Gen. David F. Wherley Jr. deployed pilots on 2003 . Wherley , wife , seven others killed in Monday 's crash of seven D.C. Metro trains . David F. Wherley Jr. was commanding general of D.C. Metro from September 11 , 2001 to 2008 . See pictures of crash site » . `` He was as fine a public servant ... as anyone '' I 've met , Washington mayor says .
Maj. Gen. David F. Wherley Jr. deployed pilots on 2003 . Wherley , wife , seven others killed in Monday 's crash of seven D.C. Metro trains . David F. Wherley Jr. was commanding general of D.C. Metro from September 11 , 2001 to 2008 . `` He was as fine a public servant ... as anyone '' I 've met , Washington mayor says .