CAMBRIDGE (CBS/AP) — Relatives and friends of the MIT police officer killed during the manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects honored him on campus Friday, exactly a year after this death.
Sean Collier
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where Sean Collier worked and died, held a remembrance ceremony and unveiled plans for a permanent memorial.
The temporary memorial for Sean Collier at MIT. (Photo by Carl Stevens-WBZ NewsRadio 1030)
He was recalled as a young officer quick with a helping hand.
“The injustice of losing someone so good still hurts,” Sara Ferry, an MIT graduate and friend of Collier, told the audience.
“Although it came at an awful price, I now know that heroes still walk on God’s earth,” MIT police chief John DiFava said.
Collier’s sister says he loved the Boston Celtics, taught young people to box and helped out at a homeless shelter.
WBZ NewsRadio 1030’s Carl Stevens reports