Deborah A. Welsh

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February 24, 2020

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To the friends and family of Deborah A. Welsh

I'm truly sorry for your loss.No one deserved to lose their life that day of September 11 2001. Even though I didn't lose a friend or family member that day, it feels as if I did. Even though Deborah isn't here today, I'm sure shes looking down smiling on everyone of you today.I 'm sorry again for you loss.

-Chelsea N. Kile

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Age:
49
Place of Residence:
New York, NY
Location on 9/11:
Aircraft
Deborah A. Welsh
Occupation:
United Airlines | Flight Attendant
Dedicated Memorial Sites:
9/11 Flight Crew Memorial
Flight 93 Memorial
Queen Elizabeth II September 11 Memorial Garden
Conseleya 9/11 Memorial
Dewitt 9/11 Memorial
Montclair State University 9/11 Memorial
East Newark 9/11 Memorial
Fair Haven 9/11 Memorial
Freehold Township 9/11 Living Memorial Tree Grove
Crescent Beach Park - Flagpole/Memorial for 9/11 Victims
Biography:

Walking to the corner store with Deborah Jacobs Welsh could take an hour, because she greeted everybody. "She had an incredible knack to make anybody she met feel like they knew her their entire lives," said husband Patrick C. Welsh. The 49-year-old Manhattan woman called upon that skill often as a United Airlines flight attendant. She was not originally slated to be on Flight 93 the day it crashed into a Pennsylvania field, but was assigned to the flight when she swapped shifts. Her husband didn't even know her new flight number. Those details got lost in the rush of plans they made for dinner and a movie. So Patrick Welsh spent Sept. 11 in increasing anxiety, waiting for her to call. Instead, the airline did. He remembers her wearing a crazy, black-spotted, white coat to walk their dalmatian. She was able to hear a song and then play it by ear on piano or guitar. He said she saved leftover airline meals to give to the homeless. He has since found comfort from those whose lives she touched. They leave phone calls of support. They stop him in the street to offer condolences. They tend to a memorial of flowers in front of the Welsh's apartment building, making sure the candles stay lit. "She was like Jimmy Stewart in 'It's a Wonderful Life.' ... So many people loved her. There are so many people reaching out to help." Profile courtesy of THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.