Six 9/11 victims had birthdays that day. For all, a single white rose.

Florist Michael Collarone is responsible for all the white birthday roses. Six people killed on September 11th died on their birthday – Ivhan Luis Carpio Bautista, 24, Michael J. Berkeley, 38, Amelia V. Fields, 46, FDNY Captain Vincent Giammona, 40, Michael P. LaForte, 39, and AnnMarie Riccobini, 58.

Jada Yuan in the Washington Post wrote an article about the roses.

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