The Newark Int'l Airport Managers Council presented this memorial in honor of all those at EWR who lost their lives on 9/11, including on FL 93 and with the Port Authority of NY/NJ.

AWARDS and AWARDS CEREMONY

$3,300 in awards - see details below!

(Essays accepted until Aug 10, 2021)

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Winners in the Essay Competition will be announced at Newark Airport during the first week of September, 2021 (date TBA) in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of 9/11.

Newark Liberty International Airport is the site of a 9/11 memorial presented to the Port Authority of NY and NJ by NIAMCO (the Newark Int'l Airport Manager's Council, pictured above.)

There will be awards of $1,000 for the winners in each of three categories, as well as three Honorable Mention awards of $100 each. The three categories are:

• Airport employees (including airline employees with jobs at airports)
• Airline employees (flight attendants and pilots)
• Aviation students, both college and high school aviation students (recruited through University Aviation Association, a program partner.)

THE AWARDS WILL BE NAMED FOR:

The Airport Employee award will be named in memory of Susan Baer, general manager of EWR on 9/11 and those who perished on Flight 93, which departed from Newark Airport.

The Airline Employee award will be named in memory of Ken and Jennifer Lewis, American Airlines flight attendants on FL 77, and those who perished on that plane and at the Pentagon.

The Aviation Student award will be named in memory of Maryanne MacFarlane and Jesus Sanchez, United Airlines employees in Boston, and those who perished on Flight 175.

The three Honorable Mention awards will be named in memory of Betty Ong, American Airlines flight attendant on Flight 11 and those who perished on that flight. Betty Ong called into authorities from the plane that morning to report the terrorists.