Paulie's Push 4: American 11 honors the heroism of the 'first, first responders' of 9/11: Captain John Ogonowski, First Officer Thomas McGuinness, and flight attendants Barbara Arestegui, Jeffrey Collman, Sara Low, Karen Martin, Kathleen Nicosia, Betty Ong, Jean Roger, Dianne Snyder, and Amy Sweeney.
Paulie's Push 4: American 11 honors the heroism of the 'first, first responders' of 9/11: Captain John Ogonowski, First Officer Thomas McGuinness, and flight attendants Barbara Arestegui, Jeffrey Collman, Sara Low, Karen Martin, Kathleen Nicosia, Betty Ong, Jean Roger, Dianne Snyder, and Amy Sweeney.
PAULIE’S PUSH 4
AMERICAN 11
Paulie’s Push 4: American 11 rounds out Paulie’s tributes of all four of the flights hijacked on September 11, 2001. The Push began the weekend of August 18 with a small sendoff in the Boston Public Garden 9/11 Memorial. The route follows a similar route to the original Push, heading through Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York before arriving at Ground Zero in downtown Manhattan in time for September 11th.
Find the live tracker and see the map route here. Plans are being made for stops along the way. If you’re in one of the cities we’ll be passing through, get in touch with us.
Make a donation! Your support powers every mile of Paulie’s Push - visit pauliespush.com/support.
MEDIA INFORMATION: Interested members of the media are encouraged to visit our media page. Want to cover Paulie’s Push 4? Contact Chris at press@pauliespush.com.
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Paulie began pushing Sunday, August 18, with plans to arrive at Ground Zero by September 11.
Over the next 24 days he’ll push his airline beverage cart through or near each of the following:
Boston
Natick
Sherborn
Holliston
Milford
Mendon
Uxbridge
Douglas
East Thompson/Thompson
Mechanicsville
Pomfret/Pompfret Center
South Chaplin
North Windham
Willimantic
Amston
North Westchester
Colchester
East Hampton
Cobalt/Middle Haddam
Portland
Middletown
Durham
Northford
Quinnipac Meadows
New Haven
West Haven
Woodmont
Milford
Devon
Stratford
Bridgeport
Fairfield
Westport
Norwark
Darien
Chelsea Piers
Noroton
Stamford
Greenwich
Port Chester
Rye
Mamaroneck
Larchmont
Village of New Rochelle/Pelham
East Bronx
Bronx
Manhattan
New York
Ground Zero
Follow Paulie’s progress in real time via the tracker: you’ll find it at pauliespush.com/map.
Sendoff Ceremony
Sunday, August 18 | Boston Public Garden
On Sunday, August 18 Paulie was joined by family, friends, and followers at the 9/11 Memorial at Boston’s Public Garden for a sendoff. Under the mist of a light rain, a short ceremony took place, including:
Boston Bruins National Anthem singer Todd Angilly sang the national anthem. Mr. Angilly took part in our sendoff in 2021, as well.
Paulie’s good friend and Power Forward co-founder Kevin Stevens offered remarks.
Acknowledgement of Chuck Ritz of the Hope & Peace Foundation, who came all the way from Maryland with Maryland’s 9/11 Rolling Exhibit. Chuck spent the day driving the exhibit through the processional behind Paulie as he pushed.
Team Paulie was recognized. It was one of the few times that Stevie, Dennis, Jeff, Chris, Elizabeth, Joe, and Deborah would all be together at once.
Paulie spoke, offering thanks to all who have made Paulie’s Push what it’s become.
102nd Intelligence Wing Chaplain Ryan Yi offered a prayer for the families of those who perished on Flight 11, as well as to keep Paulie safe as he honors them.
Paulie was escorted throughout day one by police from the Boston Police Department, the Brookline Police Department, and the Newton Police Department. Boston Police Special Events coordinated parking during the sendoff. Help from law enforcement is so appreciated - Paulie’s team is fond of saying that every flashing light and siren chirp helps keep Paulie safer out on the roadways.
We met Lance Koren from Norwood out on the route today. He and his wife came out to wish Paulie well, and brought with them a display of memorabilia from the months Lance spent as part of the Ground Zero cleanup effort. Thank you, Lance!
The link to the live tracker can be found at pauliespush.com/map. The tracker allows people following Paulie’s journey to see his progress in real time, and to view photos taken every minute from the PaulieCam. Some folks use that to find him on the route.
People like Cheryl Campbell, military veteran and retired American Airlines flight attendant. When she heard about what Paulie was doing, she told him she just had to come. Visits like that help keep Paulie going…
