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VIDEO: City's 9/11 Memorial Service

The annual ceremony pays tribute to SPHS graduate Sue Kim Hanson, who 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.

The City held a memorial service to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy earlier this month. 

The annual ceremony pays tribute to graduate Sue Kim Hanson, who 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. 

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In the ceremony hosted at , friends and family shared stories and memories of Sue Kim Hansom, who served as secretary to SPHS class of '84. Classmates say they remember her for her warm heart and big personality. 

Click on the video above to hear more from this year's ceremony. 

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