Peter Hanson
From September 11 Memories
Peter "Pete" Burton Hanson (1969 - September 11, 2001) was a businessman. A resident of Groton, Massachusetts, he grew up in Easton, Connecticut and graduated from Joel Barlow High School in 1987. He attended Northeastern University and later earned his Master of Business Administration at Boston University. Peter worked as the vice president of sales for Time Trade, a software firm in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Hanson died at 32 in the crash of United Airlines Flight 175 during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. He was traveling with his wife, Sue Kim Hanson and daughter, Christine Lee Hanson. They were on the way to Disneyland and then a trip to visit Sue's relatives. Peter called his father from the plane reporting that hijackers were stabbing flight attendants in order to force the crew to open the cockpit doors.
The Hanson family has been honored with various memorials throughout the United States. In 2002 Sue was posthumously awarded a doctorate degree in Pathology from Boston University, which has established an annual lecture to be held on September 11 in Sue's honor. In 2003 an orchestral elegy titled Christine's Lullaby, written in Christine's honor, was premiered in Minnesota. Also in 2003, the Boston University Medical Center dedicated a pediatrics treatment room to the Hansons. In 2005, Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo opened the Hanson Exploration Station, a state-of-the-art educational and corporate meeting space named in the Hanson's honor.
Peter is survived by his parents, Eunice and Lee Hanson of Easton, and his sister Kathryn Barrere of Southbury, Connecticut.
