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Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll described the recipients’ actions: without protective gear and before firefighters arrived, the two Everett employees entered the burning building and helped evacuate multiple floors. Driscoll said their actions “exemplified the spirit of selflessness and bravery demonstrated by Amy Sweeney and countless others during the tragic events of 9/11.”

The citation read at the ceremony, as reported in remarks, said the employees cleared “24 floors, a total of 14 people” before smoke and flames made further rescue impossible, and that they provided information that directed a firefighter to reach a child on the third floor. Driscoll told the chamber that everyone in the building survived.

Anna Sweeney Rossman, daughter of Madeleine Amy Sweeney, who died on American Airlines Flight 11, accepted and presented remarks about her mother’s legacy and the award established in her name. “It’s important to my family that I acknowledge the bold and never forgotten acts of bravery of my mother’s fellow crew members on Flight 11,” she said.

Representative Joseph McGonigal, Senator Sal DiDomenico and Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria were among officials who attended and supported the recognition; the Everett delegation nominated the two employees for the award, the ceremony record states.

The award honors civilian acts of courage in the spirit of Madeleine Amy Sweeney, the flight attendant whose actions aboard Flight 11 are credited with alerting authorities to the unfolding attack on Sept. 11, 2001. The Commonwealth has given the Sweeney award annually since 2002, according to remarks at the ceremony.

No formal legislative action occurred at the ceremony. The presentation was ceremonial recognition; the transcript records speeches, family reflections and the award presentation but not any votes, motions or binding policy decisions.

Clarifying note on name spelling: the transcript records the recipient’s name in two forms (\"Jesse Winaker\" and later \"Jesse Winokur\"). The ceremony record here uses the spelling that appears most directly at the time the winners were announced but notes the discrepancy in the transcript for record accuracy.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","24th Anniversary Commemoration of 9/11","oneSentenceSummary","At the Massachusetts State House ceremony, the Madeleine Amy Sweeney Award for Civilian Bravery was presented to two Everett Department of Public Works employees, Jesse Winaker (recorded in transcript also as Winokur) and Jason Papa, for rescuing 14 people from an apartment fire on July 3, 2024.","taxTitle","2025 Legislature MA, Massachusetts","taxId",77682,"location","Massachusetts","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":42,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6023897,"Mass. 9/11 Fund launches PBS Learning resources, asks state education board to review materials",1364000,2196000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5761376-657e33611df95a68ad0385d91c14cd83&start=1364&end=2196","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5761376-657e33611df95a68ad0385d91c14cd83/thumbnail_1364000.jpg","/articles/6023897/Massachusetts/Mass-911-Fund-launches-PBS-Learning-resources-asks-state-education-board-to-review-materials","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6023897-5bf0a168af2ed24e4d91bb3ce5659e26/orig.mp4?Expires=1775230152&Signature=ag-H13Q7Ta-V9UlhlQvKrLW5BTbnx-f1qkUdulJ8kANvnZVOMiLz~b32W2RvkiRjZOad5mx7gfx78a~x6OUdWbeoaH5m3EW21voWkYVpz4hFzWBKKls95lLN2oKyYCEsKw7W9iHyLSA0fm2e45NhF5y4XrHzRTf553~9LhsOBH~-B0mdXnGmJdQiGxToJDJPkniW7nmyzm4SMrETMJMAppC0QMVgc0pH5ASXftMyJW5sskKeTeMsu8bfaz5KzXlxcgj6m1cgdXotm4x3PLIG6B5ioxjOuGMAeClpHtKwIzModOJWDRbdd7hgQR~bHBsObvqy6rerwotO0fmOV-tUpw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Patrick Davis, chair of the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund education committee, announced a relaunch of the fund’s website and a partnership with GBH/PBS Learning Media to create classroom resources on Sept. 11 at a ceremony in the House Chamber. “I’m excited to announce they will relaunch the nineeleven fund website with new user friendly interface,” Davis said.

Davis said the materials are designed for educators to teach the events of Sept. 11, including Massachusetts’s role, and to help students develop critical thinking and coping skills. The new resources will be part of the PBS LearningMedia U.S. History collection and, Davis said, will be available free to educators and students across the commonwealth and the nation, reaching “more than 17,000,000 students.”

Why it matters: Davis and others at the ceremony argued that 9/11 education is at risk of fading from school curricula as students who were not yet born on Sept. 11, 2001 enter classrooms. Davis noted that “only 14 states mandate education related to 9 11,” and said Massachusetts is not one of them.

Davis asked the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education to review the materials developed by the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund and PBS LearningMedia and “to consider using the resources not only to honor the 219 victims with Massachusetts roots or ties, but also teach important lifelong lessons.” He described the lessons as including resilience, responsibility and discussion of difficult, controversial issues such as anti-Muslim and anti‑Arab bias.

Faith Dada, identified in the program as board president of the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund, was thanked for “relentless effort” in making the partnership possible. Former Boston mayor and current NHL Players Association president Marty Walsh and others in the chamber endorsed making the resources available to students statewide.

Details and background offered at the event: Davis said the fund’s education committee has visited high schools for about 15 years to talk with students who were not alive on Sept. 11 and that the fund has documented nearly 100 memorials across the state and 206 people with Massachusetts ties who died on Sept. 11. He said the website’s lessons cover the attacks’ causes, immediate aftermath and long-term societal effects and include materials to teach critical thinking and coping skills.

No formal action was taken at the ceremony. The request to the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education was a public appeal; the transcript does not record a motion, vote or a formal assignment to state officials.

Davis and others emphasized that the educational resources are intended to be flexible for classroom use — historical context, firsthand accounts, readings or other methods — and to be made available at no cost through PBS LearningMedia.

The fund also announced a relaunch of massfund.org to host the materials and to provide family remembrances and classroom-ready content for educators and students.","The Massachusetts 9/11 Fund announced a relaunched website and a partnership with GBH/PBS Learning Media to create classroom resources on Sept. 11, and asked the state education board and commissioner to review the materials for use in schools.","actionData","errors"]

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Madeleine Amy Sweeney Award honors two Everett public‑works employees who rescued residents from fire

Mass. 9/11 Fund launches PBS Learning resources, asks state education board to review materials