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Family members gathered Friday at the funeral of Caitlin Nelson, the daughter of a 9/11 hero, who passed away last week following a freak accident. Nelson was participating in a pancake eating contest for a college charity event and died of asphyxia.
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“Someone once told me that it is not the number of years you live, but what you do with the years you are alive,” her sister Anne Vetri said in a touching eulogy. “Caitlin, you touched more lives in this short time on earth than most people do in a lifetime.”
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She explained that her sister’s legacy will live on through the donation of her organs.
“Somewhere locally, a young girl received your kidney today, and a family wept tears of joy at a lung transplant as a result of your generous (gift),” she said. “Just like daddy’s legacy was sacrificing to help others, you saw life as an opportunity to assist those in need.”
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The girls’ father, James, was tragically killed on Sept. 11, 2001, while attempting to rescue workers trapped on the 27th floor of the World Trade Center.
Nelson’s funeral also included a reading of a poem entitled “We Remember Her” and a photo montage that featured photographs from various stages of the young woman’s life.
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