They are making good on a promise they made more than two decades ago – to never forget.
Dorie’s son, Richard Allen Pearlman helped a woman after terrorists flew planes into the Twin Towers. On September 11, 2001, the 18-year-old volunteer EMT rushed into the building twice – but did not make it out alive.
“It turned my whole life upside-down. At the same time, my mother was in the hospital dying of cancer. My mother and son died three and a half weeks apart. So where do you run? Look for your son, or stay with your mother?” said Dorie.
The Pearlman family was in Howard Beach with many others, honoring those who died and survived the attacks.
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Eyewitness News will have live coverage of the remembrance of the victims. Bill Ritter will once again anchor our coverage on Channel 7 and streaming on all of our ABC7NY platforms beginning at 8:25 a.m.
The Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic organizes the tribute. Phyllis Inserillo has been instrumental in it.