Patricia Cushing and Jane Folger

Patricia Cushing 69 years old Bayonne, NJ Jane Folger 73 years old Bayonne, NJ The following is from a San Francisco Chronicle article by Jaxon Van Derbeken. Click here for the full story. As America seeks to honor the heroes of United Airlines Flight 93, it would be easy to overlook two elderly sisters-in-law and best friends from Bayonne, N.J. After all, since their families at first sought to grieve in private, their names are not on any official accounting of the doomed flight's passengers or on public lists of proposed honorees for the Congressional Gold Medal. But in their quiet lives and good deeds, Patricia Cushing, 69, and Jane Folger, 73, embody what is good and heroic about America. Click here for the story from the San Francisco Chronicle. For the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's biography of Patricia Cushing, click here. For the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's biography of Jane Folger, click here. Next hero: Jason Dahl

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