Massachusetts Remembers 9/ll With Memorial and Names -- 20 Years Later

All photos by Barbara Poole.

When I came across the Boston memorial to the 206 Massachusetts victims of September 11, 2001, one day while strolling in the Public Gardens, I knew I had to share my photos and more importantly, the names of all those from Massachusetts who died. We will never forget.

Stephen G. Adams, Gertrude “Trudi” Alagero, Anna S.W. Allison, Barbara Arestegui, Myra Aronson, Yaphet Aryee, Garnet “Ace” Bailey, Christine Johanna Barbuto, Mark Lawrence Bavis, Graham Berkeley, David W. Bernard, Mark Bingham, Jeffrey D. Bittner, Susan Leigh Blair, Kelly Booms, Carol Bouchard, John B. Cahill, Michael R. Canty, Christoffer M. Carstanjen, Neilie Anne Hefferman Casey, William Caspar, Swarna Chalasani, Stephen Cherry, Geoffrey William Cloud, Jeffrey D. Collman, Kevin Patrick Connors, Jeffrey William Coombs, John “Jay” Corcoran, Fredrick John Cox, Tara Kathleen Creamer, Thelma Cuccinello, Patrick J. Currivan, Dorothy de Araujo, Gerald F. DeConto, Manuel Del Valle, Gerard P. Dewan, Simon Dhanani, David DiMeglio, Donald A. DiTullio, Alberto Dominguez, Jamie Lynn Fallon, Alexander M. Filipov, John R. Fisher, Richard Fitzsimons, Carol Flyzik, Alan Friedlander, Paul J. Friedman, Karleton Douglas Beye Fyfe, Thomas Edward Galvin, Douglas Gardner, Peter A. Gay, Linda Mae George, Edmund Glazer, Lynn Catherine Goodchild, Peter M. Goodrich, Lisa Fenn Gordenstein, Douglas A. Gowell, Andrew Curry Green, Donald Freeman Greene, Francis Grogan, Philip Guza, Paige Farley Hackel, Maile Hale, Carl Hammond, Christine Lee Hanson, Peter Burton Hanson, Sue Kim Hanson, Gerald Hardacre, Melissa Harrington-Hughes, Eric Hartono, John C. Hartz, Peter P. Hashem, James E. Hayden, Robert J. Hayes, Roberta Bernstein Heber, Edward R. Hennessy, Norberto Hernandez, Todd R. Hill, Cora Hidalgo Holland, Herbert Wilson Homer, John Nicholas Humber, William Christopher Hunt, Waleed Joseph Iskandar, Erik Hans Isbrandtsen, Aaron J. Jacobs, Ariel L. Jacobs, Jason K. Jacobs, Robert A. Jalbert, Gricelda E. Garo James, Amy Nicole Jarret, John Jenkins, Joseph Jenkins, Charles E. Jones, Jennifer Lynn Kane, Robin L. Kaplan, Robert A. Kaulfers, Richard Keane, Barbara A. Keating, Ralph F. Kershaw, Brian Kevin Kinney, David P. Kovalcin, Kathryn L. LaBorie, Judy C. Larocque, Natalie ”Janis” Lasden, Robert G. LeBlanc, Dong Lee, Joseph A. Lenihan, Jeffrey LeVeen, Daniel Lewin, Sara Low, Sean P. Lynch, Marianne MacFarlane, Susan McAleney Mackay, L. ”Neil” Mariani, Kenneth J. Marino, Karen Martin,Joseph Mathai, Margaret Mattic, Kevin M. McCarthy, Juliana Valentine McCourt, Ruth Clifford McCourt, Michael Gregory McGinty, Thomas F. McGuinness, Gavin McMahon, Christopher Daniel Mello, Stuart Todd Meltzer, Raymond Joseph Metz, Martin P. Michelstein, Craig J. Miller, Antonio Montoya, Carlos Montoya, Laura Lee Defazio Morabito, Christopher M. Morrison, Brian Joseph Murphy, Mildred Rose Naiman, Shawn M. Nassaney, Laurie Olsen Neira, Renee Tetreault Newell, Kathleen Anne Nicosia, Jacqueline Norton, Robert Norton, John Ogonowski, Leah E. Oliver,Seamus O’Neal, Betty Ann Ong, Jane M. Orth, Marie Pappalardo, Robert Pattison, Thomas Nicholas Pecorelli, Todd D. Pelino, Berinthia Berenson Perkins, Jean Peterson, Dennis J. Pierce, Everett ”Marty” Proctor, Carrie Beth Progen, Sonia Mercedes Morales Puopolo, Patrick J. Quigley, Jonathan C. Randall, David E. Retik, Vanesha Richards, Fredrick J. Rimmele, Isaias Rivera, Waleska Martinez Rivera, Stephen L. Roach, Raymond J. Rocha, Laura Rockefeller, Jean D. Rogér, Philip M. Rosenzweig, Richard Barry Ross, Michael Craig Rothberg, James M. Roux, Jessica Leigh Sachs, Rahma Salie, Jesus ”JR” Sanchez, Matthew Carmen Sellitto, Kathleen Shearer, Robert M. Shearer, Antoinette Sherman, Jane Louise Simpkin, Heather Smith, Dianne Bullis Snyder, Timmothy C. Stout, Edward W. Straub, Brian David Sweeney, Madeline Amy Sweeney, Kevin T. Szocik, Deborah Tavolarella, Leonard Taylor, Michael Theodoridis, Eric Thorpe, Alicia Titus, Amy E. Toyen, Daniel Trant, Jim Trentini, Mary Trentini, Tyler Ugolyn, Michael Augustine Uliano, Kenneth E. Waldie, Meta Fuller Waller, Stephen Ward, William Michael Weems, John J. Wenckus, Peter M. West, Maudlyn A. White, Candace Lee Williams, Christopher R. Zarba.

The list of names came from 9/11 Victims With Massachusetts Ties (CBS Boston, September 11, 2011). Click on names to read their profiles.  The Massachusetts 9/11 Fund has a few activities for today, September 11, 2017.

9-11-2001 We Will Never Forget Memorial in Lowell, Massachusetts

World Trade Center

On this date:

Sept. 11, 2001

The United States was attacked by terrorists.

The country, united in Patriotism,

 Responded, Recovered and Rebuilt.

This Memorial is dedicated to the memory of

the fallen Firefighters, Police Officers,

Emergency Medical Technicians and Civilians

who lost their lives on this tragic day.

May we never forget those who suffered,

those that continue to suffer and

those that made the supreme

sacrifice on this day.

Let us always recognize the

dedication and sacrifices of the

Post 9-11-2001 Veterans

for their service during the

War Against Terrorism.

On Sept. 11, 2001, 977 people were lost including:

343 FDNY Firefighters

37 Port Authority Police Officers

23 NYPD Police Officers

8 Private Ambulance Company Emergency Medical Technicians

A Patrolman from New York Fire Patrol

A Citizen of the City of Lowell: (See below.)

 https://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2014/09/brian-k-kinney-memorial-lowell-ma.html

Chronology of this fateful day:

08:46 American Airlines Flight 11 crashes into the North Tower of the World Trade Center With 92 people on board

09:03 United Airlines Flight 175 crashes into the South Tower of the World Trade Center with 65 people on board.

09:38 American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the U.S. Pentagon,

Washington, D.C. with 64 people on board and also killing 125 people inside the Pentagon.

10:05 the South Tower of the World Trade Center Collapses.

10:10 United Airlines Flight 93 crashes into a field in Somerset, Pennsylvania with 44 people on board.

10:28 the North Tower of the World Trade Center collapses.

The Lowell City Hall view from the memorial.

Cobblestones Restaurant is behind, on the right side and the Masconic Temple behind the memorial.

Police Department to the right.

Liberty Tree Park

Remembering the University of Massachusetts at Lowell Former Students who died on 9/11

Unity Memorial

"In remembrance of those from the University of Massachusetts Lowell community who lost their lives on September 11, 2001."

The Memorial is across the very dry Merrimack River and the University of Massachusetts in Lowell.

John A. Ogonowski    1972

Robert J. Hayes   1986

Brian K. Kinney    1995

Patrick J. Quigley IV

Douglas A. Gowell    1971

Christopher Zarba    1979

Jessica Leigh Sachs

Westford, Massachusetts 9/11 Memorial

In February, I received the following message: "I wanted to let you know there is a new 9-11 monument in Westford you should see if you ever swing through the town. It is located in the area in between the Town Hall and the Fire Station in the Common area of town. I was able to go and see it dedicated and it is beautiful.  It has green sea glass that glows from underneath at night too. Check out the facebook page and pictures on it."  Naturally, I had to go and see it. My first visit was on April 19th, but I realized it should be seen at night, as you will see below. This is indeed a treasure of a Monument, and as many times I look at these photos, I get quite emotional. I believe you will too.

I went just before dark recently, and had the pleasure of chatting with a fireman who knew a lot about this memorial. He shared a few things with me, first telling me that Westford firefighter David Christiana, a sculptor, created the 9-11 memorial. The granite and green glass came from Pennsylvania and represents the field where Flight 93 crashed on the field, the middle base is in the shape of the octagon represents the Pentagon and the bronze work is beautifully engraved with an image of the Twin Towers and names of all 92 Massachusetts heroes who died that day. The caldron holds some metal from one of the collapsed Twin Towers.

92 names engraved on the ribbon, surrounding the Towers.

Town of Westford, Massachusetts

Westford Remembers 9-11 Monument

Dedicated on September 11, 2013, this monument is a permanent Memorial to all 92 Massachusetts heroes, including two of our own, taken from us in the terrorist attacks on our nation that fateful day. May it serve as a symbol of Hope, Freedom and Liberty.

Photo taken in the middle of the day, in early spring.

Westford Remembers 9 11 

Susan A. MacKay 

James F. Hayden

Donated by the Residents of Westford  Sept. 11, 2011

Brian K. Kinney Memorial, Lowell, MA Resident, is Remembered on 9-11-14

KINNEY SQUARE

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

OUR BELOVED SON, HUSBAND AND BROTHER

BRIAN K. KINNEY

VICTIM ON HIJACKED UNITED FLIGHT #175

DEDICATED NOVEMBER 4, 2001

This memorial was inaccessible for quite a few years, while construction for new additions to the University of Massachusetts Lowell occurred. Behind the memorial used to be a gas station, but is now a parking lot for college buses. It is my understanding that Brian worked part-time at the gas station. He lived a block away from me, but I didn't know it until after 9-11. A memorial flowering tree was planted in the front yard, and there is a small marker there.

As a genealogist, I just got a little too curious, and googled his name. Found the following information, there are two write-ups about this remarkable person:

BRIAN KINNEY
Brian Kinney
United Flight 175 

ENGAGING AND INDUSTRIOUS

As a kid, Brian Kinney pumped gas at his family's Texaco station in Lowell, Mass., but even after college, when he put on a suit and started to work at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Boston, he spent Saturdays in his greasy old clothes, working alongside his dad. Mr. Kinney was grateful to his father for putting him through school, and he also loved catching up with customers' news. That was Mr. Kinney: equally comfortable in a white collar or blue one; tireless in his capacity for work; a friendly, enthusiastic fellow who asked "How are you?" before "Fill it up?" because he really wanted to know.

Decades earlier, Alison Hardy's father had worked at Kinney's. When she was 14, her father said she could cash her paychecks there. Brian wasn't yet allowed to handle money, but his father made an exception for Alison, so Brian had an excuse to talk with her when she came by. They married in 1998, settled in Lowell, visited their families weekly, planned to start their own.

At 28, the engaging, industrious Mr. Kinney had risen from intern to manager at Pricewaterhouse. He could have taken care of that California client by phone. But on Sept. 11, Mr. Kinney boarded United Airlines Flight 175 because he wanted to shake the client's hand and see how he really was doing. 
Profile published in THE NEW YORK TIMES on April 28, 2002.

In New York City, September 11, 2001, Brian K. Kinney, 28, of Lowell. Manager of Global Risk Management Solutions at PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP, Boston. Beloved husband of Alison M. (Hardy) Kinney of Lowell. Beloved son of Norman P. and Darlene T. (Cormier) Kinney of Dracut. Brother of Timothy Kinney of Lowell. Grandson of Anna T. (Thibeault) Kinney of Chelmsford, Theresa and Rudy Paquett of Lowell and Robert P. Dalton of Lowell. Son-in-law of Paul A. and Susan (Mulligan) Hardy, Sr. of Lowell. Brother-in-law of Ann E. Draper, Paul A. Hardy, Jr., Jessica D. Hardy, Neil R. Hardy, Philip J. Hardy, Timothy Sousa and Tiffany L. Sousa. Friends will be received at Ste. Jeanne d'Arc Church, White St., Lowell on Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m. A Memorial Mass celebrating Brian's life will be said Sunday evening at 7:00. Those wishing kindly make memorial contributions to the American Cancer Societty, 30 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701 or to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 101 First Ave., Suite 6, Waltham, MA 02154. Arrangements by the O'Donnell Funeral Home, LOWELL.
Paid Notice published in THE BOSTON GLOBE on 9/13/2001.

I have never heard of the National September 11 Memorial Find-A-Grave site. 
Brian is buried there.

Massachusetts Remembers 9/ll With Memorial and Names

When I came across the Massachusetts memorial to the 206 Massachusetts victims of September 11, 2001, in the Boston Public Gardens, I knew I had to share my photos. And, more importantly, the names of all those from Massachusetts who died on that horrible day. We will never forget.

This photo taken on Sept. 11, 2012.

The list of names came from 9/11 Victims With Massachusetts Ties (CBS Boston, September 11, 2011). Click on names to read their profiles.  The Massachusetts 9/11 Fund (see below) has a few activities for tomorrow, September 11, 2014. 

THIRTEENTH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION – SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

The Board of Directors and the Family Advisory Committee of the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund invite you to participate, as noted below, in our Twelfth Anniversary Commemoration activities.

7:30 am – Wreath Laying Ceremony

                      Boston Public Garden, 9/11 Contemplative Garden

8:30 am – Flag Lowering, Moment of Silence, and Reading of Names

                      Massachusetts State House Lawn

9:30 am – Commemoration Observation & Sweeney Award for Civilian Bravery Presentation

                      House Chambers, Massachusetts State House

11:00 am – Family Reception (by private invitation only)

                      The Taj Hotel, Boston Common