NEW YORK – A former flight attendant who set off from Boston to New York City while pushing an airline beverage cart in honor of the flight crews who died on September 11, arrived at Ground Zero on Saturday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
Paul Veneto announced his arrival after posting a photo of himself at the World Trade Center memorial with the phrase “Journey’s End”On his Facebook page.
The 62-year-old Braintree, Massachusetts, resident set out on foot on the 220-mile (354-kilometer) journey from Boston’s Logan International Airport to Ground Zero in late August, aiming to get there for the commemoration. of Saturday.
Veneto had been a regular staff member on the route of United Flight 175 from Boston to Los Angeles, but had taken the day off on September 11. Veneto noted that the guilt of surviving triggered a 15-year prescription drug addiction.
Veneto decided to embark on the journey on foot, which he called “Paulie’s Push”, to honor the pilots and crewmates who died.
American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 took off from Boston, but were hijacked by terrorists who took them to the towers of the World Trade Center.
A glass memorial at Logan International Airport that receives few visitors pays tribute to them and the others who lost their lives aboard the two planes.
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