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Teresa Leineweber carried a book about the World Trade Center while participating in the Walk of Remembrance held last night in Honolulu. Leineweber, an isle resident for 17 years, lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., for 23 years and said, "My body is here but my heart is there."
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A walk to remember
About 200 people gather to honor those who died in the 9/11 attacks
Karl Steininger recalls making three runs into Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001, transporting medical supplies as a New York police officer.
At the mayor's second annual Remembrance Walk yesterday, Steininger, now a Honolulu police officer, wore the same NYPD shirt he wore on the day of the attacks.
About 200 people joined the walk to remember those who lost their lives in the attacks six years ago tomorrow and honor first-responders and members of the armed forces.
"What good are their lives if we don't remember what they did?" Steininger said. "We've got to be vigilant."
The procession started at the Honolulu police headquarters, stopped at Honolulu Fire Department headquarters and ended at Honolulu Hale. At each location a wreath was laid commemorating police officers, firefighters, emergency services personnel and members of the city's Department of Emergency Management.
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Honolulu Police Department officer Jeff Fleigner held a memorial wreath. Pictured with Fleigner are officers Jesse Guitterez and Warren Ford Jr.
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"Six years later it seems like the memory is fading from our collective consciousness," said Honolulu resident and retired Air Force Maj. Michele Hauser. "Show support. You can't forget this."
McKinley High School history teacher Chuong Nguyen made the event a part of his history lesson for English as a Second Language students.
The students showed up voluntarily and will have to do a report on their experience to receive credit, he said.
"This is a real live history lesson," Nguyen said. "If they walk with me, they will remember forever."
Jack Zeng, 16, a sophomore in Nguyen's class, said he was in Fujian, China, during the attacks.
"It's a tragedy what happened to them," he said.
Nam Nguyen, 15, also one of Nguyen's students, was living in Saigon at the time.
"I wanted to fight for Americans," he said, wearing his ROTC uniform. "I hope that it never happens again."
