Echoes of 9/11

Incredible as it may seem, more than a year has gone by since the 9/11 attacks that changed forever the world, the nation, the NYPD, and the PBA.

We have lost much in loved ones but gained much in solidarity. On this page are images that represent just a very few of the things that some of our members have been involved in since that fateful day.

Last Day at Ground Zero

A silent and somber ceremony on May 30 put a symbolic end to the recovery effort at Ground Zero. In the ceremony, an honor guard carried a single, flag-draped stretcher out of the pit, symbolizing the more than 1,700 victims never recovered. Behind that procession, strapped to a flatbed truck, came a 36-foot-long, flag-draped girder. PBA President Pat Lynch and other executive board members can be seen to the flatbed's left in the photo above, watching the procession with their hands over their hearts.

A Charitable Endeavor
At left, PBA Bronx Trustee Scott Williamson's daughter Sage spearheaded a fund-raising drive, raising $5,559 for the PBA Widows' and Children's Fund. She and her friends, including classmate Margo Priaulx, sold flag friendship pins in commemoration of 9/11 at their school, the Ursuline School in New Rochelle, in the neighborhood and elsewhere to raise the money. In photo above, Sage (right) and Margo present check to PBA President Pat Lynch as Scott Williamson looks on.