6 miles Down for 6 Fallen Doves

Today I ran 6 miles. It wasn't my best run... nor was it my worst. Its a struggle clocking in miles.... But I must admit that today seemed much easier than yesterday; even though I felt like a squeaky old house when I woke up. My knees and legs were screaming but I pushed forward and it felt good. Running for the fallen has given me new determination especially at the end of the run to finish strong. I look forward to everyday Learning and reading the stories of those who died on 911 and beyond.

Barbara Jean Arestegui

Mile 9

 Far from Manhattan's twin towers, far from just about anywhere, she would stretch out on the floor by a wood fire, with three cats and tea and a James Taylor album going. There, in the village of Marstons Mills on Cape Cod, Barbara Jean Arestegui could collect herself, after her three days on duty as a flight attendant for American Airlines.

Bobbi Arestegui, 38, an attendant for 13 years, knew one thing well: how to relax.

On the Cape, she gathered the strength that made her the usual choice to handle any problem passenger. Ms. Arestegui, at a disarming 5-foot-3, could sit next to an overwrought traveler and listen for hours.

On Sept. 11, she was up and out of the house at 3:30 a.m. to be ready to attend to the passengers on Flight 11. In Boston, she reported in at 6:30 for the departure from Logan International Airport. Flight 11 took off right on time, at 7:59.

Later that week, her longtime companion, Wayne Nichols, found among her things a folder she had kept hidden, filled with notes from passengers over the years. One, on the back of a receipt and dated Aug. 13, said simply, "Thanks for the service

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Carolyn Beug



Mile 8

To careful readers of the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine, Carolyn Beug was a force in the music business. She can be found in the Tributes section, just below Joey Ramone and just above Aaliyah. Mrs. Beug, who would have turned 49 yesterday, was the producer behind the video for Van Halen's "Right Now," which won an MTV Video Music Award for best video of 1992.
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Christine Barbuto

Mile 7

Christine J. Barbuto was one of those people whom everyone else wanted to be around. Her friends from the University of Rhode Island recalled how they hung out in 106 Barlow Hall, where she lived with Jennifer Tice in her freshman year. Erik J. Granskog, a college friend, spoke of the good times they had "playing charades, wearing stupid hats, watching `Cheers,' dancing and singing to the Violent Femmes over and over, inventing silly drinking games."

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Kelly Ann Booms

Mile 6

Everywhere Kelly Ann Booms lived, she made good friends, which is what you would expect of a lively, outgoing girl, the oldest in a family of four children. But throughout her childhood, she also made a point of staying in touch as she moved from Colorado to Michigan, Australia to Ohio, where her family still lives outside Cincinnati.
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Myra Joy Aronson

Mile 5

Once, when Myra Joy Aronson was visiting her brother and his family in Washington, she found out about the Bastille Day celebrations at the French Embassy and managed ‹ at the very last minute ‹ to get herself invited.

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Seima David Aoyama

Mile 4

But David Seima Aoyama (青山 世磨, AOYAMA Seima), or Seima David Aoyama, as some list him) was born up north in Hokkaido, Japan in 1953. At the time of his death, he was 48. Life was probably still a little tough for his parents in post-war Japan, but it was also a time of hope as well as hard work.

Read his Story

(The write up sheds light on his personal life.. There is a bit of rant on his Buddhist affiliation.. But Sooo What who cares.. Lets not miss the important point... A Innocent life was taken from a man who had so many more years to live with his family and things to achieve.)

The Journey Starts today--- 3 miles ran for 3 Fallen Doves

What better day to start an intense running program than today. I have been running for several years now, but over the past year I have been dealing with several injuries that have caused me to slow down.. I have switched to more of a weight lifting program and have packed on a lot of solid mass..240lbs to be exact. This is way to much weight for me to be handling everyday. So as I began to heal.. my physical Therapist has given me the ok to start running again.

As I set out on my quest to remember the Fallen doves who have been killed on 911... I am trying to stay focused on my task to complete this journey... The outcome that I want to achieve is that we never forget... 9-11 should not be a day where it comes and goes. Yes.... as Americans we will not live our lives grieving everyday.... but we need to remember the sacrifices that so many women and men have made because of this day. I hope by running 1 Mile for each Fallen Dove and Fallen Eagle I will continue to bring awareness not to the sadness that we as Americans felt on this day.... but rather our stern determination to keep pushing forward one step at a time, regardless of the odds. We may not be the smartest group of folk or the most polished of individuals... We may fall behind in areas of education in comparison to the rest of the world and may be slow to understand why things happen they way they do....but there is something that is driving force of who we are that can not be talked about in books or or painted on a canvas.... it's in the spirit of our soldiers who run toward gun fire and in the eyes of first responders willing to risk their lives to save another... this thing has no name for if it did it would easily be destroyed. It is what screams through the soul of every American Born on this land and It is so powerful it inspires people from all over the world to be enveloped by it. It unmistakeably is the very thing we identify with as being American. May we never forget the fallen.

Anna Williams Allison

Mile 3

Anna S. Allison was on the plane that struck 1 World Trade Center. She was on her way to visit a client in Los Angeles.
Mrs. Allison was an independent, spirited adventurer, who loved to travel

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David Angell

Mile 2

David L. Angell piled up Emmy Awards for his work on shows like "Cheers," "Wings" and "Frasier," but he was known for keeping his heart firmly on Cape Cod and for his closeness to his wife. "Lynn supported him for five years while he wrote and looked for a break," said Sally Reeder, a friend. "They used to say they had one suitcase packed and were ready to return to New England when he finally caught on."

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Lynn Edwards Angell

Mile 1

John Hitchcock was surprised when Lynn Edwards Angell walked into his office at Hillsides School, a Pasadena, Calif., home for abused and emotionally disturbed children, and described herself as a "retired librarian" willing to do the volunteer library work he had advertised. "She seemed awfully young to be retired,"

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Please pay your Respects and sign there guest books

9-10-01 the last day I had Virgin eyes

I can't tell you what I was doing on 9-10-01.. I don't have a clue. Like every other day I just woke up, made a cup of coffee and drove to work. There was nothing special about this day 10 years ago. Just another day. Trying to work and secure a future for my family. Although 9-10-01 had no significance to it.... I look back and realize that 10 years ago to this date was the last time I had an unadulterated innocence about me. Sure there were conflicts all over the world and the US was engaged in a lot of difference conflicts at that time. But not in America... We had our run of the mill violence that is pretty much the corner stone of American society and these things were to be expected from time to time..But nothing like the events to unfold in Approx 12 hrs going back 10 years ago. So 9-10-01 was in effect my death 10 years ago... because tomorrow 10 years ago I was reborn.

My quest

I am going to run a mile for every innocent person killed on 911and all the military professionals who died after 911 as the result of our country taking the war to the enemy. Yes there are many military professionals who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan that was not the result of combat... but their service and sacrifice to join at a time of war is admirable. I have deep respect for all of our military and I am deeply saddened that our country had to endure the most terrible attack in my lifetime.

I really don't like running. But at an attempt to maintain some fitness and achieve some personal goals.. I needed to find something to keep me going on my off time.. What better way to stay sharp than to remember all of those who have died on 911 and those who have sacrificed their lives so that we may all live ours.

I love America.. And I am Proud to call my self American. Please join me as I run over 11,000 miles in the memory of each person who has died and hopefully share there story.

May we never forget.