Governor Charlie Baker summed up the feelings of most in attendance at the Massachusetts State House by briefly pausing to shed a tear, as he recalled a family visit to the World Trade Center towers shortly before the attacks, on this date, 14 years ago. Below are my Boston Herald photos from the ceremony at the Massachusetts 911 memorial, in the Public Garden, the State House ceremony as a bell was sounded for every Massachusetts’ victim as their names were called, and then the Sweeney award presentation, named for the heroic flight attendant Madeline Amy Sweeney who died in American Airlines Flight 11.
09/11/2015-Boston,MA. An emotional Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker speaks at Friday morning’s State House ceremony where the names of the Massachusetts’ victims of the September 11 terror attacks were read aloud. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel
09/11/2015-Boston,MA. Flowers are left at the Massachusetts 911 memorial during Friday morning’s ceremony commemorating the14th anniversary of the 2001 terror attacks . Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel
09/11/2015-Boston,MA. Boston mayor Martin J. Walsh is seen at Friday morning’s ceremony at the Massachusetts 911 memorial. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel
09/11/2015-Boston,MA. Christie Coombs, the wife of Jeffrey Coombs, who died in the September 11 terror attacks, is seen at Friday morning’s ceremony at the Massachusetts 911 memorial. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel
09/11/2015-Boston,MA. Marc Sanchez holds a photo of his father Jesus Sanchez, who died in the September 11 terror attacks, as his mother Lynn Greene snaps a photo at Friday morning’s ceremony commemorating the14th anniversary of the 2001 terror attacks, at the Massachusetts 911 memorial. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel
09/11/2015-Boston,MA. Relatives and friends of the Massachusetts’ victims of the September 11 terror attacks, place flowers at the Friday morning’s ceremony at the Massachusetts 911 memorial. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel
09/11/2015-Boston,MA. Albeiro Gomez, of Worcester, is presented with the 14th annual Madeline Amy Sweeney Award, named for Sweeney, a flight attendant aboard American Airlines Flight 11 that was hijacked and crashed on September 11, 2001, at a Friday morning ceremony at the State House. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel
09/11/2015-Boston,MA. Brian Miller, whose brother Craig J. Miller, a US Secret Service officer and victim of the September 11 attacks, rings a bell at the State House to commemorate each name that is read aloud, of the Massachusetts’ victims of the September 11 terror attacks. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel
09/11/2015-Boston,MA. Jairo Castro, who lost his mother Gricelda James in the terror attacks of 2001,and his children, from left, Gwendolyn and Gricelda, are seen at Friday morning’s State House ceremony where the names of the Massachusetts’ victims of the September 11 terror attacks were read aloud.fStaff Photo by Mark Garfinkel
Alexander M. Filipov’s image was projected, along with the other Massachusetts’ victims.
Peter Matthew West’s image was projected, along with the other Massachusetts’ victims.
09/11/2015-Boston,MA. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and his wife Lauren are seen at Friday morning’s ceremony at the Massachusetts 911 memorial. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel
