One Who Counted

 

Marion R. Britton - Brooklyn, NY

Marion R. Britton worked for the United States Census Bureau as the Assistant Regional Director in New York.  It was a job at which she excelled for twenty-one years.  Her colleagues spoke adoringly of her almost-reflexive ability to help the in-need families she encountered in her day-to-day.  

On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, she and her co-worker Waleska Martinez were passengers on United Airline Flight 93, which left Newark Airport bound for San Francisco, a destination that it would not reach.   She was among the passengers who was able to make a phone call from the plane.  She telephoned a friend, Fred Fiumano, and told him that she knew the hijackers intended to kill the passengers.  She, Waleska Martinez, and all of the passengers were killed when the hijackers crashed it while the passengers valiantly tried to wrest control of the plane from them.  

Heroes all.  Now and forever. 

United Flight 93 Memorial - Newark Liberty Airport

Photo Credit:  Yours truly

-AK