Remembering Our Victims of 9/11

Sue Kim Hanson boarded a plane from Boston to Los Angeles with her husband, Peter Burton Hanson, and 2-year-old daughter, Christine Lee, on Sept. 11 2001. 

Their plane was the second to crash into the World Trade Center that day killing all 65 on board; Christine Lee was the youngest of those victims. 

"Peter, I still feel the terrible pain that went through my whole being when Dad, holding the phone, heard your last words," Eunice Hanson wrote to her son and his family after their death. "... The thought of the three of you in each other's arms in that final moment will never leave me." 

A graduate of South Pasadena High School, Sue was awarded her Ph.D. in pathology after her death. 

The City of South Pasadena holds a ceremony in memory of the Hanson family every September. This year, it will be holding a memorial service commemorating the 10th anniversary of these tragedies and a plaque with be donated in their honor at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 11 at . 

Patch looked out across our sites to pull together 911 snapshots of everyday Americans whose lives were changed by the events of this tagic incident. To view the photos, click here.