Mr. Riley E. Casey This is Me

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1. 1. Holy Cross terror victims celebrated with plaque

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   Published on: 3/12/2002   Last Visited: 3/12/2002

   "I was looking forward to it," Mr. Casey said of the service. "Neilie and I met as freshmen here." Mrs. Casey, class of 1990, died when the hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 bound for Los Angeles crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York. She was 32.
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   During the service, attended by about 250, Riley sat on Mr. Casey's lap, tugging at her black patent-leather shoes until she managed to remove them. In another pew, a baby cried. The Caseys, who had been married for four years, were wed in the chapel and had their daughter christened there in April last year, Mr. Casey said. Mrs. Casey, a merchandise planning manager at TJX Companies, was going on a business trip to Los Angeles to visit TJX stores the day of the attacks. She was born in Worcester and moved to Florida in 1979. She went to high school there, moving back to Worcester to attend Holy Cross. She and her husband graduated in 1990, she with an English degree and he with an art and history degree. Mr. Casey said his three siblings graduated from the college, as did Mrs. Casey's father, Neil T. Heffernan Jr.
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   "The attachment to Holy Cross runs deep," Mr. Casey said, smiling slightly as a bright sun warmed those standing in the plaza.
   
   Tuesday, March 12, 2002
   
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