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It was a most fitting and appropriate kickoff to the fifth anniversary weekend of the tragedies of 9/11. St. John’s University’s Staten Island campus was the setting for more than 300 family members, their guests and a host of New York State legislators who gathered for a premiere viewing of the United in Memory 9/11 Victims Memorial Quilt on September 8.

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(Click image to view full size) A quilt block memorializes Brian Novotny, one of 3,500 tributes contained in the United in Memory 9/11 Victims Memorial Quilt Exhibit, on display at St. John’s University’s Staten Island Campus Gymnasium.
(Click image to view full size) A personalized quilt shows the craftsmanship incorporated by more than 3,000 volunteers from 17 different countries making the United in Memory 9/11 Victims Quilt Exhibit unique and awe-inspiring.
(Click image to view full size) Senator Hillary Clinton and Sharon Norton (background), Vice Provost of St. John’s Staten Island Campus, greet family members attending the private viewing of the United in Memory 9/11 Victims Quilt Exhibit.
(Click image to view full size) Sen. Hillary Clinton greets Marge Cashin, St. John’s Community Relations Assistant as a Staten Island staff member looks on at the private viewing of the United in Memory 9/11 Quilt Exhibit on September 8.
(Click image to view full size) Joseph Sciame, Vice President for Community Relations, and Sharon Norton, Vice Provost of the Staten Island Campus, welcome family members to the United in Memory 9/11 Victims Quilt Exhibit hosted by St. John’s University.
(Click image to view full size) Senator Hillary Clinton attended the private viewing of the United in Memory 9/11 Victims Quilt Exhibit at St. John’s University’s Staten Island Campus on September 8. “When you view the quilt exhibit there is no doubt that you are in the presence of God,” she told a crowd of more than 300 who were in attendance that evening.
(Click image to view full size) Crowds of more than 1,000 attended the four-day showing of the United in Memory 9/11 Victims Memorial Quilt Exhibit at St. John’s Staten Island Campus.
(Click image to view full size) Senator Hillary Clinton smiles with attendees at the private viewing of the United in Memory 9/11 Victims Quilt Exhibit.
(Click image to view full size) (Left to right) Linda Manfredi and Keith Manfredi, co-directors of the Joseph Maffeo Foundation Inc., (one of the sponsors of the United in Memory 9/11 Victims Quilt Exhibit) pose with Senator Hillary Clinton next to a commemorative 9/11 lithograph.
(Click image to view full size) Senator Hillary Clinton tries her hand at knotting quilts with a United in Memory worker during her viewing of the exhibit at St. John’s University’s Staten Island Campus.
(Click image to view full size) Corey Gammel, CEO and founder of the United in Memory Foundation (left) takes Senator Hillary Clinton on a private tour of quilt exhibit.
(Click image to view full size) Senator Hillary Clinton looks on as Corey Gammel of the United in Memory Foundation points out a quilt panel of interest during their walk through the exhibit.
(Click image to view full size) Senator Hillary Clinton with a young family member at the United in Memory 9/11 Victims Quilt Exhibit.
(Click image to view full size) The Richmond County Orchestra performed for family and guests during the opening night viewing of the United in Memory 9/11 Victims Quilt Exhibit.
(Click image to view full size) Family members view personal quilt blocks at the United in Memory 9/11 Victims Quilt Exhibit in the St. John’s University Staten Island Campus Gymnasium.
(Click image to view full size) A photo scrapbook of the 9/11 tragedy was also on hand during the four-day exhibit showing.
(Click image to view full size) A United in Memory Foundation volunteer restores quilts on site at the exhibit showing at St. John’s University. Visitors were encouraged to help knot the quilts during their stay at the exhibit.
(Click image to view full size) Corey Gammel, CEO and founder of the United in Memory Foundation is interviewed by an NY1 television reporter on the opening night of the exhibit.
(Click image to view full size) A personalized quilt of Gregory James Malone shows his affinity for the New York Yankees and gives a brief description of his life to visitors of the United in Memory 9/11 Victims Quilt Exhibit.
(Click image to view full size) The United in Memory 9/11 Victims Quilt Exhibit stands tall, a 16,000 square foot structure of blocks and panels, in the St. John’s Staten Island Campus Gymnasium.
(Click image to view full size) A moving tribute to Andrew Brunn, memorialized in the United in Memory 9/11 Victims Quilt Exhibit.
(Click image to view full size) Linda Manfredi, whose brother Joseph Maffeo died in the 9/11 attack strolls through the quilt exhibit at a private showing for family members on Friday, September 8.
(Click image to view full size) The striking personalized quilt blocks were viewed by more than 1,000 visitors this weekend at St. John’s University’s Staten Island Campus Gymnasium.
(Click image to view full size) Keith and Linda Manfredi pose next to Linda’s brother Joseph Maffeo’s quilt block who served as an FDNY fire fighter who perished in the 9/11 attack. The Manfredi’s are co-directors of the Joseph Maffeo Foundation; one of the sponsors of this weekend’s United in Memory 9/11 Victim’s Quilt Exhibit.
(Click image to view full size) (Left to right) St. John’s Vice President of Community Relations, Joseph Sciame, Joseph Maffeo Foundation co-directors, Keith and Linda Manfredi, and St. John’s Vice Provost of the Staten Island Campus, Sharon Norton, pose for a photograph at the private reception for the quilt exhibit.
(Click image to view full size) The famous photograph of 9/11 workers erecting the American Flag amid the rubble of the terrorist attacks was a featured item on display this weekend at the United in Memory 9/11 Victims Quilt Exhibit at St. John’s University.
(Click image to view full size) A St. John’s University Public Service Officer views quilt blocks of those who perished during the terrorist attacks. The university’s showing of the United in Memory 9/11 Victims Quilt Exhibit coincided with the fifth anniversary of the tragic event.
(Click image to view full size) The mission statement of the United in Memory Foundation stands prominently at the center of the exhibit floor. St. John’s University partnered with United in Memory, the Joseph Maffeo Foundation Inc., Washington Mutual Insurance and Where-To-Turn to coordinate the exhibit showing held in Staten Island the weekend of September 8-11.

  
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