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What I have read it to me immediately the tears came: ( I feel with you ... I have a daughter (4monate old) and I do not know how I live without them could ... Bettina

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My Dear Children, Today was the first time in several years I was able to read the messages posted, I thought I could do it without being torn apart, how foolish or me to even think this is possible. I cannot begin to tell you how much I miss you Peter, Sue and Christine. For a brief second when I wake up in the morning I think everything is normal then the pain strikes my heart and my day of longing for you begins. It hasn't gotten any easier for me or Dad, in fact it seems to get harder. We think of where you and Sue would be in your career paths. Christine would be in the fourth grade a smart big sister to her brother who would most likely be in the first grade. Each passing holiday, birthday or family gathering at Uncle Bill's bring tears for us. There is little laughter in our lives now, our lives forever changed. With all this we are still busy with community activities and Dad with Church. We are in close contact with Paula, Annie, Heather and of course Chris Clark. Vanessa has moved to England but we communicate by e-mail. Your friends really loved you. I am in contact with Frencey, Sue. She keeps me informed and I was told by her that your Grandmother would always consider us her family so Frencey has honored her wishes. It has been seven years since you were taken from us. it seems like just yesterday. You, Peter, Sue and Christine are always in our hearts bursting with love and with a broken heart knowing that I can never see you again. I want to hug you and talk with you, I want to hear Christine's "I love you Namma" and see Sue's beautiful smile and enjoy the chats we had. You will be forever in my heart. Mom

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 I'm so very sorry for your loss. I think of this lovely young family so much and will always remember them. I pray for them, you and your family.

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 I am thinking of Pete and his family, Pete and I spent a great deal of time together for 2 years in undergrad at Northeastern. I miss him and probably have a great deal to share, but I cannot at this point. My heartfelt sorrow, he was more than a great human being. He was someone we should strive to be like every day.

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 Hi my name is Gina, back in 2001 after 9-11 I felt compelled to remember and never forget the victims and their famiies. I found a website that sold 9-11 bracelets, with a choice of a engraved name and flight number. I chose Christine Hanson because she was the youngest victim on that flight. I wanted to let you know she is thought of today and I am wearing her bracelet in her memory and also her parents memory.

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 We miss you. I'll be out in Groton later today visiting the memorial site, and the playground your parents supported in your honor.

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 Enough years can never pass to make it "ok" to forget - God bless your littlest angel and her parents

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 Thinking of and praying for Peter, Sue, and Christine, and for their family, as I remember that day 7 years ago. God bless you all.

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 Pete, the memory of you

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 Seven years ago OM... Today, I will meditate about the littlest, the most innocent

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 This is a copy of what I posted on my blog today. My love to you. Seven years have gone by. It seems both like a hundred years ago and just as vivid as yesterday. I want the world to remember, but most especially the people of America. The day is sacred. No milk cartons, eggs or anything else should have September 11 as an expiry date. It is not just another day. The last two years, I wanted to scream out "Don't you people get it? Have you already forgotten?" It just seemed like it was just another day - for BBQs, fairs and even weddings. I keep getting emails about meetings/events going on tonight both here and in the US. It just seems wrong. We should of course still continue our day with work and school. But we should have time for reflection. At least a moment, people. I often think of my grandfather and how dates of pearl harbor or d-day were important to him and how the rest of the world just went about their business, not even realizing the significance of the day. I hope that I managed to apologize to him for that before he died. I'm obviously thankful that my husband Eugene is fine (worked in the same tower that Pete's plane hit) and that life does go on, but I can't shake the pit in my stomach about his safety, and our safety, in the metropolis on London. One of the concerns we had in Salt Lake was that it is so homogeneously white. We thought exposure to different cultures and races would be a big plus of living in London. The truth is our school is super white, our neighborhood has one black family, in a sea of white. Euge reports the same white-ness at work. We are so isolated from diversity. It's still a segregated world. The only time I see Indian or Muslim faces is when I pass the mini-cab drivers, the dry cleaners, but mostly in sketchier areas, where I don't feel safe and that is a bad combo. Now I have a worse association. Today I put some white roses (of innocence) in the vase that Pete and Sue gave us for our wedding. It pains me so, but I want them to know that although they are gone, taken violently, they are never forgotten. I never got the chance to thank them for the baby present for Chloe, that arrived on that very Sept 11th. I never got to meet little Christine, or them to meet Chloe - Pete had said there will be time, just get settled with the new baby and we will be down later this fall. But know that there isn't always time. I always hoped that he really knew how much he meant to me - he was the big brother I never had. I loved him dearly and in fact told him that Eugene reminded me a bit of him (not just their curly hair or love of the Grateful Dead). I found great comfort when I found (a few months ago) the quote he put in the yearbook for his senior year (see end of post). His mom had long ago mentioned it to me, but I hadn't remembered it. While we were in college (me at Boston U and Pete at Northeastern) we got to continue hanging out. He would always complain about my music as being too depressing and gave me a mixed tape of the Grateful Dead and other "happy" music as he called it. I labelled the tape "Pete's Dead and Happy." The thought of that label makes me sick. I know that he is dead and he WAS happy. We last saw Pete in April 2001 in San Francisco, we were living out there and he was out for a work. It will always put a smile on my face to remember him bouncy up the street with that big smile, wearing that fisherman hat. PETER BURTON HANSON "Sometimes you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right." Well, here it is...senior year and time to say goodbye to many of you. Thanks to all those friends with whom I spent many hours on the road following our favorite band, the Grateful Dead. We had some great times and hopefully there will be many more to come, if Jerry stays in shape! "Nothing's for certain, things can always go wrong." But hey Mr. Slais and Mr. Quinby, I sure did have a good time during all those hours in your offices. And thanks to teacher BM and to sophomore VH for your support of me! And to CR and AP, pizza! Fare you all well, I love you more than words can tell."

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 I send prayers out on this anniversary, as I do very often. Not a day goes by that I don't think about this family. This loving family will never be forgotten.

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 Pete- Vanessa's younger brother here - it's been a long time since I was a slightly annoying 8 year old sent along with you and Vanessa on a couple of trips over to Trumbull Mall. Now - I am pretty sure, looking back, that neither of the two of you had a choice in the matter (Marianne could be firm with her kids, as I am sure you knew...LOL) but instead of grudgingly going along with it, you took the kid brother around the mall while his sister shopped, like we were friends, brought me into KayBee, and encouraged me to look around. I of course went directly to the model kits, and drooled over a Monogram Kit of an A-20 Havoc. I remember you asking me about the plane, and the kit, and me telling you it was the "coolest," and then you saying, "Well, then you have to have it!." The 8 year old was blown away, shocked, cause all of a sudden, Pete Hanson was buying me a model kit out of the blue. For no reason other than I wanted it, and I think you liked making people happy. Our sharpest childhood memories seem to revolve around those instances where we felt so damn lucky - and that's one that stands out in sharp relief. I remember thinking you were the coolest guy around. Another time - sitting in the car outside of the supermarket built into the corner of the mall, while Vanessa ran in for something - you telling me stories about your road-trips to Dead shows, talking to me like I was on your level. There I was, an 8 year old in that car (a station wagon, I think?) thinking that I was friends with a High Schooler. That was huge for an 8 year old! As the years went by, Vanessa would occasionally mention to me that she had seen you, or spoken to you - and I would always ask her to tell you I said "Hi." I know I got a "hi, back" on more than one occasion. Or when she told me you got married, me telling her to tell you congratulations! Messages passed back and forth, but just so you know: I always wished you the very best. I wished we could have met as adults, wish I could have met Sue and Christine. I still do. And then this - and the terrible drop that I felt when I got to CT on September 17th or so, and Vanessa told me. It was so damn unfair, but I want you to know that I think you were so very, very brave that day. So amazingly brave, that it's hard to even put words to. I can't put it any other way. So - for a 23 year old memory that still remains with me today - thank you. And to you and your family: I am so sorry. I hope the memories you have make this day easier to bear. All of my best.

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 I think of Peter,Sue and Christine many days throughout the year, but September 11 is always filled with tears. Peter, I keep your Mom and Dad in my prayers all the time. What a special person you were. A true friend and such a kind heart, always. Every time I have Indian food, I think of you and that great restaurant on Comm Ave. How fun we thought it was to bring our own wine or beer! I remember your wonderful vegetarian meals on cold, Boston nights...I always wondered how you were able to function so well in that little, teeny kitchen. It is so hard to understand here why you are gone. The natural question for us left behind is why? I know your soul must be at peace because you lived your life as a kind, caring individual and there is a special place in the heavens for people like you. I pray that the three of you have found that sense of peace together. With love, Jen

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Bonjour, Un petit message pour vous temoignez toute ma tristesse pour peter sue et Christine J'espere qu'enfin un jour les coupables seront punis et que jamais une atrocité pareille ne se reproduise

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 Hard to believe it has been 7 years since that terrible morning. We will never forget you and our thoughts and prayers are with your loving family in Easton, CT

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 Thinking about Pete and and all the great times we shaired. You are all in my prayers, God bless you all. Damon

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I cannot read anything about the Hanson family without tearing up inside. I to, am sitting at the computer screen with tears streaming down my face. Peter, Sue and Christine are forever in my heart

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What a beautiful site. It's almost 8 years now and I think of you so often. You are angels in heaven watching over us. Hanson family I am so very sorry. I have a 5month old daughter now and I will continue to remember little Christine each year. God Bless You!

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On behalf of my family, who we lost a loved one to terrorism in 1981, my heart goes out to your family. God bless you all.

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 im so sorry

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 I'm still praying for your family and I still have a link to your page on my website that lists links of children with special needs or who have been victims of violence. Your granddaughter's story inspired me even though I never met her. From what I read of her, she had more personality as a 2 1/2 year-old than many adults did and would have been an exceptionally bright child. In my time praying for children online, I have seen read the stories of many children taken by cancer or severe medical problems. It makes me especially angry when a healthy child is taken by a deliberate act. I know God takes care of all the children that have gone before us.

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  love is beauty,we see it in many different ways and no matter what happens to us,that love will remain in our hearts and soul for eternity.God wanted your beautiful family to join him for a reason and one day you too will join them in an everlasting garden of joy.

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  It took me seven years to look at the pictures of the people who died on September 11th, 2001 and I happened to come across this memorial and now seven years later I am sitting at my computer desk crying for these poor people and that beautiful baby. She was perfect in every way. It is simply unspeakable and I have no words to describe the feeling I had when I read this. I did not know any children died this day. I wish could say something to help your family get better but all I can say is how very sorry I am for you and Peter, Sue and Christine. It is heartbreaking, simply put. I am so sorry. They are all together playing in heaven and no one can take that away from you. God Bless you and your family.

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  I want to leave my testimony to make you understand that there are always someone who thinks about all those poor innocent people that are dead for hand of diabolic people. I am Italian and I don't speak well English but I wasn't able to don't leave you one message with my regard and my affection for whats happen to your family. Lot of love Ornella

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  I hope your family has managed to keep the warmth and love of your beloved family with you each and everyday.

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  After all these my body shivers at the thought of what happened that day to so many people and specially to the Hanson's family. We will never forget....

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  I googled my son's name - Peter Hanson, and got this website. I am sitting here with tears streaming down my face. Peter, Sue and little Christine were a beautiful family and they were so brave in the face of death. It's reading the human stories that brings home the real tragedy of that day. May God be with you all. Pat

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  I'm so sorry for your loss. Your grand daughter was so beautiful, your family... I'm so very sorry. I pray that one day, you will know peace; true peace within your hearts. I pray that God will protect, comfort and guide you and your family even to this day. I'm so touched by their story, the heart wrenching truth that this world can be so cruel at times; your grand daughters face... I will remember forever. I will never forget their story, I will never forget her face, her tale, her life, I promise.

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  hi my name is Jonathan i am so sorry for peter sue and Christine who died on flight 175 that just broke my heart to know that a family was cut short like this that they all died together and that they were a family of love a family of happiness and a family who was taking away from us let never forget September 11th 2001 know matter how many years pass let us never forget

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 We can't turn back the time. But I think anytime about that tragedy. I was not near, but I feel the pain. And I hope the world will never forget. I am with you and wan't to say sorry. Daniela Zakel

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 When I found out about the loss of this family, my heart sunk. I am sorry about the loss. All of you are in a much better place now. Rest in peace.

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 God Bless them... . We will never forget this day, never!. Our country lost four people that day, including a firefighter who died in the Twin Towers (Sergio Villanueva). I hope that Peter, Sue and Christine can rest in peace. Greetings from Argentina...

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 I had a task about 9/11 to do in college and came across a fact that Christine Hanson was the youngest victim in the attacks, so i decided to research further. I found poems dedicated to the family and Christine. I then found this website and thought id leave a message to say that my deepest sympathy is with the friends and family of the Hanson's, rest in peace x

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 I read this story about your family and it really touched me...I hope you,ve got the strenght to go on...

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 I will never forget the story of this beautiful new family. They sound like the most gorgeous people.

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 We will never forget.

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 There is no sense we can make out of evil. It cannot be understood. The best we can do is to remember. Remember the sweet and loving faces of this family and to vow to bring the guilty to justice. Rest assured, even though some may escape man's justice, it is God's that is the final word. So much hatred in this world. Why can we not learn to live in peace? Rest in peace Peter, Sue and beautiful little Christine. We will never forget you.

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 It has been 6 years since your family was torn apart and unfortunately I am just now finding it to be a part of my life to learn as much as possible about them. I have a news article from a magazine from 09/11 talking about Peter, Sue and Christine and it hit home when I noticed the last name. I like to think that some where and some how there could be a family relation. I hope that this will work but on Tuesday I have gave blood for the first time at Michigan International Speedway in rememberance of everyone that lost their lives on 09/11 and they have a permanent "We Remember" memorial listing all the people who lost there lives. Attached is the photo I took of Peter, Sue and Christine. If it does not work, I would surely e-mail it to you if you like. I hope that this message and all others let you know that people all over the world think about you and your family and keep you in their thoughts and prayers.

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 Words can't express how deeply sorry I am for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

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 May the grace of God be with you during these difficult days and trust in the fact that Christine will see her "Namma" again.

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 Hi, Pete, Sue and Christine- Drew and I said a prayer for you and your families this morning. We love you, miss you, and cry for you. Anne

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 My prayers are with you...

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 Just wanted to say that I am thinking of the three of you often.

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 I worked with Peter for 2 years, and although I only knew him through brief interactions at work, I always think of them every September 11th. The key is to never forget. I can only hope that eventually everyone responsible for the horrendous act of terror will be brought to justice.

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 Sorry for your lost.It was there time to go.may god bless you and your family on this day.

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 I am really sorry for your lose you don't know me but i read about you on the internet I am really sorry if you need anything please e-mail me Carrie

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 THE BROKEN CHAIN We little knew that morning that GOD was going to call your name. In life we loved you dearly, in death we do the same**It broke our hearts to lose you, you did not go alone; for part of us went with you, the day GOD called you home.**You left us peaceful memories, your love is still our guide; and though we cannot see you, you are always at our side.**Our family chain is broken, and nothing seems the same; but as GOD calls us one by one, the CHAIN will link again.

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 On this 6th anniversary of this horrible tragedy a friend emailed me which had a link to this web site. I wish I had the words to adequately express my emotions but I can't find any. My thoughts

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 I have a two year old daughter. The picture of you and your parents always brings a tears to my eye. A little angel went to heaven on 9/11/01 and her name was Christine......may you rest in peace.

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 May God bless you and your family and all those who were part of this terrible tragedy. We will NEVER FORGET.

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 I am 5 and tomorrow our school will walk to honor your family. My mom showed me your families picture and I cried. I am going to wear a sign on my back, just for your family. So people will see I care for someone I have never met, I cried for you and I honor you. My Daddy is in Iraq and he is honoring your family too. We all stand tall and strong together is what my mom told me.. Please accept my love to your family on any hard days. We are there for you..

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 dear Hansons, I'm doing a report on 9-11 at first i thought oh well just another paper to write i was doing some research on the computer and decided i put a familt in it.I saw Christine Lee Hanson's name and her age i looked into it somemore and decided that you guys were the family. I have a 2 year old brother and i know i would probably die if something to him.I'm so sorry for your loss and i know it has to be tough. Your family is in my prayers as I go through my life. May God Bless You, Shay

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 I wish there was words to ease your sorrow but there is nothing that I or anyone else can say to minimize such unconceivable grief and pain...I cannot even fathom what you went thru then and what you have suffered these almost 6 years. I am a mother of 3. Please know that you don't suffer alone...We are all with you in thought and prayers. Fortunately, I didn't know any of the 9/11 victims but I feel the pain just as deeply as If I had. Each time I watch a 9/11 tribute or read a memorial page, my heart aches. It's unfair and it's not right but have try to find peace in knowing you will be reunited with Peter, Sue and Christine one day because unlike physical life which is temporary, eternal life is forever...I will continue to fight to make sure that NOBODY will ever have to live thru this Hell again...Each day I go to work as a transportation security officer (in the security checkpoint here in Florida), I fight for them and for the others that didn't have a chance to live. My job is more to me than an income to pay my bills, it is my personal contribution to honor those victims and to help stop terrorists from ever attacking the USA in this matter again. God Bless you and your family....

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 As I was researching the victims of 9/11 for my position as a K-12 Social Studies Supervisor, I came across this--your--beautiful family. And when I did, I froze, because little Christine looks so much like my little girl, Teagan who is also part Korean. I ache for this family and pray that they are still together in whatever version of heaven they had imagined as a family. Maybe laughing and playing at the beach on a perfect sunny day. Or, just holding one another. Heaven really is, mostly, being with the ones you love and holding them, not ever letting go.

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I was just researching September 11th when i came across your site. I am terribly sorry for your loss. I don't know who this message is going out to, but i just want you to know that everyone in my family is sorry to hear about yours. We are sympathetic for you. May God bless you and your family.

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I was touched by your family's story. I have a prayer list for children on my blog (most of these children are battling illnesses/disabilities). However, I added Christine's name and several other children who were victims of violence to the list. I think it is especially hard when a perfectly healthy baby is taken by a senseless act of violence. She was only 2 1/2. She had nothing to do with US foreign policy. I am praying for your family. Even years later, I know it is still difficult for you. May we one day live in a world without violence.

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To Eunice and Lee Hanson, Dear friends. I live nearby but somehow I have not contacted you before. My family moved to Fairfield about four years ago from Greenwich. That was after 9/11/2001. I was working for Fuji Bank then, on the 82nd Floor of Two World Trade Center. The plane which Peter, Sue and Christine were on, UAL 175, crashed diagonally across where I would have been seating. If that had happened an hour later, my last vision would have been the nose of the plane. I am sure you have heard about Stanley, one of my colleagues at Fuji Bank, who somehow miraculously met the nose of the plane and yet made his way downstairs. He is now a church pastor. On that fateful day, I was in the elevator banks on the way up when there was the commotion of AA11 hitting One WTC. I never went upstairs. I lost several friends on that day and I lost 24 colleagues. The depths of my heart goes out to you. I know that it is impossible to find solace in any of these impersonal messages on the internet, so if it pleases you, kindly e-mail me. I will send you my phone number and address. I believe that I live at most 2 miles away. My wife and I would very much like to meet both of you and pour out my sympathies and deep sorrows in person. Not that it matters, and it may not be of any comfort to you, but perhaps it may be some strange coincidence, but I happen to be ethnic Chinese and my wife is Caucasian. I have a two year old son that's very much the same size as beautiful Christine in these photographs. Christine is in a Place more beautiful than we can behold. My wife and I have a daughter there, the Place where Christine is, and deep down, we can somehow relate to your massive loss. My warmest regards, Ian Yeoh

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I watched a show dedicated to those in 9/11 and heard about this family. It must have been a terrible loss for everyone who knew them. I wish no one will forget that day and the chilling feelings that went through all of us as we watched lives get taken before our eyes

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Pete, I am always thinking about you

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 Dear Hansons, I fight in the memory of your lovely grandaughter Christine Lee. I knew Sue's brother John in the early ninties. We had mutual friends in college. I didn't realize that Christine Lee was his niece until we met up at a friends wedding in Hawaii in January of 2002. I have been an infantryman in the Army since 1996, but I'm nearing the end of my first combat tour in Afghanistan. It has been tough, grueling and costly. Whenever I have a moment of weakness or get down on myself. I think of your grandaughter and it gives me strength to persevere and keep on fighting.