As her name rung out
over Ground Zero, Christine Egan is remembered for her desire to help others.
“Chris was a
wonderful vivacious energetic person who loved people,” said Ellen Judd,
Egan’s partner of 15 years.
The 55-year-old’s life
was tragically cut short on September 11th, 2001. Egan was visiting her brother
in the south tower of the World Trade Centre when it was struck by a hijacked
plane. The close siblings didn’t survive.
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“She would throw
herself into anything she just had that, there wasn’t any one or anything she
wasn’t interested in she was just full of life,” said Judd.
The attacks left the
world feeling vulnerable. A decade later, many still wonder how they could have
happened. Judd said that day raised difficult ethical issues and changed her
outlook on life.
“We have to look at
some of the really dark aspects of the human condition and the human heart and
still keep a candle burning. When it’s blown out, light it again.”
Judd also takes solace
in continuing her partner’s legacy through a scholarship to make nursing more
accessible to students in Nunavut.
“She
was a good person and it’s good to feel she is present in our lives and the
scholarship is one way of doing that. I think it would please her so I think
many of us feel that we’re continuing her wishes,” Judd said.
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