Paul Veneto, a 62-year-old former flight attendant, has been pushing a beverage cart from Boston to Ground Zero to honor his colleagues who died in the September 11 attacks.
"They didn’t think I’d do five miles and I did 18," Veneto said."So then, of course, in Connecticut, I got the other hurricane, Ida, come through there. So I was put to the test and nothing stopped me."
Despite his long journey, Veneto said his journey is"nothing" compared to what the flight attendants and crew members who died on 9/11"endured and what they were able to accomplish." "I'm not going to walk to New York – people walk, people run … what do flight attendants do?" Veneto said at the time."Everyone knows what a flight attendant does, they push a beverage cart down the aisle."
Veneto said he often thinks about how flight attendants responded during the attacks, calling ground control and encouraging passengers.
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