In memory of
Waleska Martinez
1963 – 2001 Today would have been the birthday. A white rose is at the name.
- Born in
- Jersey City, New Jersey
- Killed that day
- September 11, 2001, aged 37
- Lived in
- Jersey City, New Jersey
- Aboard
- Flight 93, Passenger
- Held on
- September 11, 2001 · Shanksville
Born in Puerto Rico and, her father said, the backbone of the family. She came to the mainland in 1987 and rose in thirteen years from clerk to automation specialist for the Census Bureau's New York region. She was flying to a conference with her colleague Marion Britton.
How they died
Killed aboard United Airlines Flight 93, which came down in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on the morning of 11 September 2001. The aircraft had left Newark forty-two minutes late, which is the only reason those aboard learned by telephone what had already happened in New York before theirs was taken. They had about thirty minutes. They voted, and they went forward at the cockpit door. The aircraft never reached what it was aimed at.
Named together
At their families' request, these names are cut side by side on the parapet.
Died together
Everyone aboard United Airlines Flight 93 · 40 lost together
What people have said 1
You are not just a name on a list to me. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
S. Vincent Anthony 11 September 2026