In memory of
Melissa S. Morrow
- Died
- March 22, 2018, aged 48
- Died of it afterward
- The Years After
Also kept at
badge.nw↗Location: Virginia
Incident Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2001
Weapon: Aircraft; Passenger jet
Offender: 19 suicide attackers
Special Agent Melissa Morrow died as the result of brain cancer that she developed following her assignment to the search and recovery efforts at the Pentagon following the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks. She was assigned to FBI Washington Field Office's Evidence Response Team and spent 10 weeks recovering and processing evidence from the site in hazardous and contaminated conditions.
Special Agent Morrow had served with the FBI for 22 years and was assigned to the Kansas City Field Office at the time of her passing.
You walked into it and it took years to finish the job.
Special Agent Morrow gave the United States Department of Justice 22 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Morrow.
S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Survived by
She is survived by her parents and sister.