After the September 11th terrorist attacks, the Ginley family, devastated by the loss of FDNY Lieutenant John Ginley, found some comfort in a local memorial — a large steel angel. Ginley’s parents met and kept in touch with its sculptor Lei Hennessy-Owen, writes Roger Gavan in the Warwick Advertiser.
When, on March 14, 2013, John Ginley’s niece, Christina Ginley, 18, was killed in a car accident, Hennessy-Owen made an angel for Christina. It is 9 feet, 11 inches tall and contains some bits of World Trade Center steel.
The Ginleys have now completed a beautification project around Christina’s angel with benches and a plaque bearing Christina’s words, “If I had all the time in the world, I would travel and spend time with the people I love.”
