On Sept. 11, 2001, George and Mary Andrucki’s lives changed forever when two planes crashed into the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, killing 2,976 people. Their daughter Jean was one of them. Jean Andrucki, a Stony Brook University alumna, graduated in 1980 with both a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Urban Policy Sciences. One year later Andrucki graduated with a second Masters degree in mechanical engineering from the university. A resident of Hoboken, N.J., when she died, Andrucki, 40, worked for the risk management department of Port Authority, which was located in the twin towers. Her name, along with 20 other Stony Brook University alumnae that perished, was read during the sixth Sept. 11 ceremony on Thursday, marking the seventh anniversary of the attacks. The names of 27 relatives of university employees and three firefighters from the Three Village area were also read. Among the names of relatives were John Resta, Sylvia San-Pio Resta and their unborn child. ‘We hold this ceremony to memorialize our lost classmates, friends and family members, and to give testament that their memory is alive with us,’ said Provost Eric Kaler to the crowd of over 200 during a speech under the memorial arch located outside the Humanities building. The procession then walked from the Humanities building to the Student Activites Center bus loop, which was closed for several hours diverting cars and campus buses. As the procession walked through the mall, students, faculty and staff stopped to let the procession pass. Flowers were placed in the garden in the middle of the bus loop next to the 21 markers commemorating each lost alumnae. The ceremony started at noon so family members of victims could attend the ceremony at Zucotti Park in Lower Manhattan in the morning. George Andrucki drove by car and then rode on the subway to make the service. When asked what makes him attend the Manhattan and Stony Brook ceremonies ever year, his one word answer was ‘love.’ The Stony Brook ceremony did not discuss the trade center attacks in gory detail or discuss the need to weed out terrorism. Instead the overall message was one of peace and the importance of honoring the lives lost from the Stony Brook community. ‘From the ashes of pain, let there be a thousand splendid rays of peace,’ said Sanaa Nadim from the campus interfaith center in her speech. According to Kaler, the victims of September 11 represented over 90 nationalities. ‘I think it’s just important we don’t forget,’ said Alexandra Duggan, director of student activities. ‘We all have a common experience as students,’ said Christina Vargas Law, president of the Alumni Association. ‘We all hung out in either the Staller Center or Staller Pit.’ The pit refers to the center before its renovations. Law went on to say, ‘Every year we have an obligation to remember everyone.’ As Mary Andrucki walked away from the garden with her daughter’s marker, one of the few concrete things left from Jean, whose body was never found, she described the ceremony as ‘beautiful.’ Text Box or leave out entirely? Speakers from the Interfaith center on campus included Helen Cheung, representing the Baptist Campus Ministry, Harsh Bhain, representing the Hindu religion, Jeannine Frenzel representing the Protestant Campus Ministry, Sanaa Nadim, representing the religion of Islam, Rabbi Joseph Topek, representing Hillel Foundation for Jewish Life, and Margaret Ann Landry representing the Catholic Campus Ministry.