Honoring SLA NY Community Members Lost on 9/11 - 20th Anniversary Commemoration

20th Anniversary Commemoration Honoring SLA NY Community members whose lives were lost on Sept. 11, 2001 Special Libraries Association New York Community Sept. 10, 2021

On the morning of September 11, 2001: Nineteen men hijacked four fuel-loaded US commercial airplanes bound for west coast destinations leading to deaths later that morning of 2,977 people in New York City, Washington, DC and outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

At the World Trade Center (WTC) site in Lower Manhattan: When hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 were intentionally crashed into the north and south towers, 2,753 people (2,184 civilians) died as a result of the impacts and the damage. https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/27/us/september-11-anniversary-fast- facts/index.html

Twenty-one libraries were destroyed... As many as 200 librarians were working in or near the World Trade Center and the Pentagon when the terrorist attacks took place on September 11, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20111128134918/http://news.yahoo.com/mystery- surrounds-loss-records-art-9-11-164719650.html https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/0911.pdf

The WTC housed many corporate and specialized libraries and archives and related organizations. Among them, in Tower One, were: The American Merchant Marine Library Association; the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey archives; the libraries of Hill Betts and Nash; Sidley Austin Brown and Wood; and Serko and Simon. In Tower Two: The libraries of the National Development and Research Institute; Aon Corporation; Thacher Proffitt and Wood; Guy Carpenter and Company; the Council of State Governments; Morgan Stanley; Fiduciary Trust Company International; and the Journal of Commerce. https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2011/09/06/september-11-2001-traumatized- by-terrorism/

On September 11, 2001, the SLA Community lost members Yelena Helen Belilovsky Maureen Rene Lyons Olson Margaret Quinn Orloske

Yelena Helen Belilovsky Image: https://voicescenter.org/

Yelena Helen Belilovsky Helen was assistant vice president for information with the Fred Alger Management Company and was lost on Sept. 11. Helen was a member of the SLA Business & Finance Division. She earned her Master of Library Science from Pratt Institute. Helen and her family had been very generous in sponsoring Soviet Jews and hosting them in their home when the Soviet Jews first arrived. - As remembered by Maggie Smith

Maureen Rene Lyons Olson Image: https://voicescenter.org/

Maureen Rene Lyons Olson Rene was a business librarian at Marsh Inc., a risk and insurance subsidiary, and was lost on Sept. 11. Rene was a member of the SLA Business & Finance Division. She earned her Master s Degree in library science at St. John s University. Maureen was a good friend and colleague She was always there for me when I needed something from the Info Center. I was always there for her when she became inundated with questions she didn't know how to answer relating to Workers Compensation from all over the Marsh system. I miss you and our phone conversations. -Bill Gardner, written on a tribute page for Maureen. Library Journal Nov 1, 2001 & Tribute page.

Margaret Quinn Orloske Image: https://media.voicesofseptember11.org/

Margaret Quinn Orloske Margaret was VP of Knowledge Management at Marsh & McLennan and was lost on Sept. 11. She received her MLS from the University of Pittsburgh. She had previously been president of the SLA Connecticut Valley chapter. You came to mind as usual and I once again was reminded of how yours was "a life well lived" and how your career influenced my husband Michael, a former Marsh employee who passed away. Thinking of the two of you discussing the world of information science (and also swapping some holiday recipes) brings a smile to my heart. Margaret Sensiba, written on a tribute page for Margaret. Library Journal Nov 1, 2001 & Tribute page.

Other librarians lost in New York Arthur Simon Arthur was an equities trader for Fred Alger Management when he perished on September 11. Earlier in his life, he was a librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library's Canarsie branch. Lynn Edwards Angell - Lynn had retired as a librarian and accepted a volunteer position with the Hillsides Home for Children, a refuge for abused and emotionally troubled children in Pasadena, California. She and her husband David Angell perished together on the hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 when it was flown into the World Trade Center Tower. Simon: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/national/met_MISSING_112 2_simona.html Angell: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memorial/people/1387.html

Many of those lost in New York on Sept. 11 had careers dependent on fast access to information and its analysis for decisions, retention, and retrieval. There may have been others who identified as informational professionals who were lost that day. We mourn and honor all.

In the years since Sept. 11, 2001: We have lived in a changed world; New buildings have been constructed to replace those lost; Survivors of the attacks and those who lost family, friends and colleagues have rebuilt their lives; Memorials, museums and archives help preserve the past and strive to help explain the events.

Quote is on a wall in the 9/11 National Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan.

Yelena Helen Belilovsky is remembered at the World Trade Center Memorial. Her name appears on the N-61 panel at the memorial

Maureen Rene Lyons Olson is remembered at the World Trade Center Memorial. Her name appears on the N-7 panel at the memorial

Margaret Quinn Orloske is remembered at the World Trade Center Memorial. Her name appears on the N-8 panel at the memorial

As we remember those we lost We also remember with great gratitude, the worldwide sympathies and acts of kindness - large and small- provided to New Yorkers. We are also grateful for all those who assisted our profession so that we could return to work and continue our careers as librarians and information professionals. Thank you.