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Video: 10 Years After 9/11 – Memories Never Made, Milestones Never Met
Paula Clifford Scott, Mother And Grandmother Of 9/11 Victims, Finds Some Healing Through Poetry And Memorial Garden
Ruth McCourt and her 4-year-old daughter Juliana Valentine McCourt were aboard United Airlines Flight 175 on Sept. 11, 2001, bound for Disneyland.
The 45-year-old mother and her young daughter were killed when the hijacked plane was crashed into the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York City by terrorists.
Paula Clifford Scott, of Mystic, is Ruth's mother. Ten years after losing them, she reflects on their lives, where they would be now, and how she has coped.
After their deaths, a foundation was created in their memory and a memorial garden was constructed.
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