{"id":7765,"date":"2025-09-18T15:23:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T19:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=7765"},"modified":"2025-09-24T13:30:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T17:30:12","slug":"leaders-staff-honor-memory-of-members-killed-on-9-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-43-no-8\/leaders-staff-honor-memory-of-members-killed-on-9-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders, staff honor memory of members killed on 9-11"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7779\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7779\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7779 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/911-WEb.jpg\" alt=\"Leaders, staff honor memory of members killed on 9-11\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/911-WEb.jpg 500w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/911-WEb-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PEF President Wayne Spence, at podium, is joined by (left to right) Vice Presidents Bruce Giddings and Darlene Williams, Secretary-Treasurer Joe Donahue, and Vice President Randi DiAntonio at the memorial outside PEF headquarters on Sept. 11, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>September 24, 2025 &#8212;<\/em> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">PEF leaders, members, and staff honored the memories of members who were killed in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, in New York City, observing a moment of silence and reading off each of the names.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cToday, we join with our fellow Americans to honor their memory with a moment of silence, a tribute to lives cut short but never forgotten,\u201d said President Wayne Spence. \u201cThe attacks were meant to break our spirit, weaken our values, and shake our democracy. I think they failed. Instead, it brought us together.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">President Spence said in the days and months that followed, PEF stood shoulder-to-shoulder with members and their families, helping them face unimaginable grief while navigating painful challenges with benefits, insurance, and support.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThere were no bodies, sometimes for months,\u201d he said. \u201cNo one should have to worry about being able to pay their bills while dealing with this grief. PEF staff and the PEF Membership Benefits Program mobilized to help our members\u2019 families.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The union holds a ceremony each year outside PEF headquarters in Latham, N.Y., at a memorial wall inscribed with the names of those who died that day or in the ensuing years from sicknesses related to the falling towers. Most of the PEF members who died were from the Department of Taxation and Finance and two members were from other agencies. This year, Secretary Treasurer Joe Donahue, and Vice Presidents Randi DiAntonio, Bruce Giddings, and Darlene Williams had the solemn task of reading the names.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe years may pass, but our memories endure,\u201d said President Spence. \u201cWe will never forget.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 24, 2025 &#8212; PEF leaders, members, and staff honored the memories of members who were killed in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, in New York City, observing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"division":[],"allowed_regions":[],"allowed_divisions":[],"class_list":["post-7765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-volume-43-no-8"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Leaders, staff honor memory of members killed on 9-11 - PEF Communicator<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-43-no-8\/leaders-staff-honor-memory-of-members-killed-on-9-11\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leaders, staff honor memory of members killed on 9-11\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"September 24, 2025 &#8212; 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