The pain that never dies: 11 years on, the heartbroken fiancée of 9/11 firefighter shows how raw grief still haunts victims' families
Carrie Bergonia breaks down at World Trade Center site as she remembers her fiancé, firefighter Joseph J. Ogren
Thousands pay tribute to victims at Ground Zero, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania
Moments
of silence observed to mark times of impact for four planes and when
the Twin Towers fell, and names of 2,983 victims read by more than 1,000
relatives of victims at World Trade Center site
President Obama addressed families outside Pentagon: 'Even the darkest day gives way to a brighter dawn'
But for the first time at World Trade Center site, only families spoke in remembrance of loved ones
Her face creased with emotion as she
remembers her fiancé at the site where he perished, Carrie Bergonia
shows just how enduring the grief of the 9/11 attacks remains for the
families left behind.
Gathering with other relatives and friends whose loved ones were ripped from them on that dark day, Bergonia
was overcome with tears as she touched the name of her fiancé,
firefighter Joseph J. Ogren, etched into the memorial pools at the World
Trade Center site.
'I love and miss you so very much,' she wept as she read out his name at the service on Tuesday morning. 'Until we meet again.'
Bergonia,
now 37, and Ogren met in 1993 as they both vacationed in Cancun,
Mexico, and were due to marry on August 10, 2002 in Pennsylvania.
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