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
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.
Read her Story
Read her Story
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."
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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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.
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.
(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.)
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