W. K. Mahler, Mahlers.com

By STEPHANIE VOSK
STAFF WR ITER
May 01, 2007 6:00 AM
WOODS HOLE - The plaque's words are an homage to a poem as it appeared on
refrigerator magnets in the Casey home:

"We love our gorgeous goddess with her dreamy red hair, sweetly together
with cool boy in a delirious symphony of love, their diamond moment by the
sea."

The plaque was a fixture at Nobska Light since 2002, shortly after Neilie
Casey was killed aboard American Airlines Flight 11 on Sept. 11.

Until last week.

On April 22, the bronze plaque was reported stolen to Falmouth police. A
large pry-bar was found in the grass nearby, according to the police report.

"How can anybody stoop so low?" said Kent Kannenberg of Cummaquid, who is
married to Neilie's mother, Anne Heffernan.

"It's far more than just a personal and family memorial. It's mourning a
national tragedy and it's symbolic of that, and these creeps desecrated
that," he said, noting that the plaque may have been stolen for the value of
its metal.

A small bench at the site was stolen a couple of years ago, Neilie's mother
said. She never imagined the plaque would be stolen, too.

"We have no identifiable remains, none," Heffernan said yesterday. "Neilie's
Point is our only memorial at all to a beautiful person, as well as a
national treasure."

Neilie was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11, the first plane to
crash into the World Trade Center. The couple had a daughter, Riley, who was
only 9 months old when her mother died.




"That was a special spot for Neilie and me," said Michael Casey last fall
about why the memorial was in Falmouth. "I always think it's a nice place
for people to go and remember Neilie."

Casey proposed to his bride-to-be at Nobska Light, and they were married
along Falmouth Harbor on Sept. 21, 1996.

Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., helped the family secure the spot for the
memorial, Heffernan and Kannenberg said.

"I know how important the Nobska Light location is to the Heffernans and
Caseys, and I'm deeply saddened that this fitting memorial to her was
taken," Sen. Kennedy said in a statement yesterday. "I'm hopeful that
whoever is responsible realizes the deep impact this thoughtless act has on
Neilie's family and returns it."

On a visit to the site last year, Kannenberg said he and his wife
encountered a woman laying flowers in front of the memorial.

While she didn't know Neilie, she told them, she had been so moved to hear
her story that she felt the urge to go pay her respects. "Every time we go
there, something like that happens," Kannenberg said. "There's been a
hundred stories like that, that we've encountered."

Kannenberg said he believes Casey will replace the plaque if it is not
returned.

Casey said last fall that he spent about $5,000 on the memorial's erection
and its upkeep since 2002.

The plaque is valued at $2,000, according to the police report, so the
incident was classified as larceny over $250, which is a felony.

Police are investigating, and anyone with information about the robbery is
asked to call the Falmouth Police Department at 508-457-2526.




Stephanie Vosk can be reached at svosk @ capecodonline.com.


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WhiteWolf

On Wed, 02 May 2007 14:43:28 GMT, "W. K. Mahler, Mahlers.com"
<mahlers.com-@nospam.invalid> wrote:

>By STEPHANIE VOSK
>STAFF WR ITER
>May 01, 2007 6:00 AM
>WOODS HOLE - The plaque's words are an homage to a poem as it appeared on
>refrigerator magnets in the Casey home:
>
>"We love our gorgeous goddess with her dreamy red hair, sweetly together
>with cool boy in a delirious symphony of love, their diamond moment by the
>sea."
>
>The plaque was a fixture at Nobska Light since 2002, shortly after Neilie
>Casey was killed aboard American Airlines Flight 11 on Sept. 11.
>
>Until last week.
>
>On April 22, the bronze plaque was reported stolen to Falmouth police. A
>large pry-bar was found in the grass nearby, according to the police report.
>
>"How can anybody stoop so low?" said Kent Kannenberg of Cummaquid, who is
>married to Neilie's mother, Anne Heffernan.
>
>"It's far more than just a personal and family memorial. It's mourning a
>national tragedy and it's symbolic of that, and these creeps desecrated
>that," he said, noting that the plaque may have been stolen for the value of
>its metal.
>
>A small bench at the site was stolen a couple of years ago, Neilie's mother
>said. She never imagined the plaque would be stolen, too.
>
>"We have no identifiable remains, none," Heffernan said yesterday. "Neilie's
>Point is our only memorial at all to a beautiful person, as well as a
>national treasure."
>
>Neilie was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11, the first plane to
>crash into the World Trade Center. The couple had a daughter, Riley, who was
>only 9 months old when her mother died.
>
>
>
>
>"That was a special spot for Neilie and me," said Michael Casey last fall
>about why the memorial was in Falmouth. "I always think it's a nice place
>for people to go and remember Neilie."
>
>Casey proposed to his bride-to-be at Nobska Light, and they were married
>along Falmouth Harbor on Sept. 21, 1996.
>
>Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., helped the family secure the spot for the
>memorial, Heffernan and Kannenberg said.
>
>"I know how important the Nobska Light location is to the Heffernans and
>Caseys, and I'm deeply saddened that this fitting memorial to her was
>taken," Sen. Kennedy said in a statement yesterday. "I'm hopeful that
>whoever is responsible realizes the deep impact this thoughtless act has on
>Neilie's family and returns it."
>
>On a visit to the site last year, Kannenberg said he and his wife
>encountered a woman laying flowers in front of the memorial.
>
>While she didn't know Neilie, she told them, she had been so moved to hear
>her story that she felt the urge to go pay her respects. "Every time we go
>there, something like that happens," Kannenberg said. "There's been a
>hundred stories like that, that we've encountered."
>
>Kannenberg said he believes Casey will replace the plaque if it is not
>returned.
>
>Casey said last fall that he spent about $5,000 on the memorial's erection
>and its upkeep since 2002.
>
>The plaque is valued at $2,000, according to the police report, so the
>incident was classified as larceny over $250, which is a felony.
>
>Police are investigating, and anyone with information about the robbery is
>asked to call the Falmouth Police Department at 508-457-2526.
>
>
>
>
>Stephanie Vosk can be reached at svosk @ capecodonline.com.


I wonder if this is a new sick trend? Here is another extremely similar news
report:

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Cape Cod Residents Stunned by Theft of Sept. 11 Memorial

Tuesday , May 01, 2007

How can anybody stoop so low?

That's what Cape Cod residents are saying after a memorial plaque for a Sept. 11
victim was stolen from Nobska Light on the Massachusetts coast, the Cape Cod
Times reported.

Police said the bronze marker was reported stolen April 22. It was installed on
the coast in 2002 as a memorial to Neilie Casey, a young mother killed aboard
American Airlines Flight 11 when hijackers crashed it into the World Trade
Center.

"It's far more than just a personal and family memorial," Kent Kannenberg of
Cummaquid, told the Times. "It's mourning a national tragedy and it's symbolic
of that, and these creeps desecrated that."

Kannenberg, who is married to Casey's mother, Anne Heffernan, believes the
marker may have been stolen by thieves hoping to resell it as scrap.

"I know how important the Nobska Light location is to the Heffernans and Caseys,
and I'm deeply saddened that this fitting memorial to her was taken," said Sen.
Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., who helped to secure a spot for the memorial. "I'm
hopeful that whoever is responsible realizes the deep impact this thoughtless
act has on Neilie's family and returns it."

Click here to read the full article:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,269383,00.html

Ray

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"WhiteWolf <rayh<spam>@iol.ie>" <rayh@iol.ie> wrote in message
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>
> --
> Cape Cod Residents Stunned by Theft of Sept. 11 Memorial
>
> Tuesday , May 01, 2007
>
> How can anybody stoop so low?

they probably mistook it for copper, any copper will get stolen for scrap.
defaced statues and memorials are way to common.

as to "stoop so low" it ratesd pretty low on the outrage scale.

Michael O'Neill

Posting from somewhere near Boston...

Hmmm.

M.

Michael O'Neill

Posting from somewhere near Boston...

Hmmm.

M.

WhiteWolf

On Thu, 3 May 2007 02:55:13 -0400, "Ray O'Hara" <mary.palmucci@rcn.com> wrote:

>
>"WhiteWolf <rayh<spam>@iol.ie>" <rayh@iol.ie> wrote in message
>news89h331nmh71glahmrkrri2vknjk1e2rct@4ax.com.. .
>>
>> --
>> Cape Cod Residents Stunned by Theft of Sept. 11 Memorial
>>
>> Tuesday , May 01, 2007
>>
>> How can anybody stoop so low?
>
> they probably mistook it for copper, any copper will get stolen for scrap.
>defaced statues and memorials are way to common.
>
>as to "stoop so low" it ratesd pretty low on the outrage scale.
>

Your scale is broken then! Because on mine, it's full on terrible!

Ray

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WhiteWolf

On Thu, 03 May 2007 13:49:48 +0100, Michael O'Neill <onq@bwahahaha.indigo.ie>
wrote:

>Posting from somewhere near Boston...
>
>Hmmm.
>
>M.

If that's directed against the other Ray, then, considering his follow up, fair
enough, if me, it's out of order...

Ray

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"WhiteWolf <rayh<spam>@iol.ie>" <rayh@iol.ie> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 3 May 2007 02:55:13 -0400, "Ray O'Hara" <mary.palmucci@rcn.com>
wrote:
>
> >
> >"WhiteWolf <rayh<spam>@iol.ie>" <rayh@iol.ie> wrote in message
> >news89h331nmh71glahmrkrri2vknjk1e2rct@4ax.com.. .
> >>
> >> --
> >> Cape Cod Residents Stunned by Theft of Sept. 11 Memorial
> >>
> >> Tuesday , May 01, 2007
> >>
> >> How can anybody stoop so low?
> >
> > they probably mistook it for copper, any copper will get stolen for
scrap.
> >defaced statues and memorials are way to common.
> >
> >as to "stoop so low" it ratesd pretty low on the outrage scale.
> >
>
> Your scale is broken then! Because on mine, it's full on terrible!
>
> Ray
>

butr then you are a well know idiot who thinks rush limbaugh and bill
o'lielly are telling the truth and that an illegal war against a
country{iraq} that didn't attack us is a good thing.

what you think runs the gamut from mistken to wrong.

WhiteWolf

On Thu, 3 May 2007 11:09:14 -0400, "Ray O'Hara" <mary.palmucci@rcn.com> wrote:

>
>"WhiteWolf <rayh<spam>@iol.ie>" <rayh@iol.ie> wrote in message
>news:ilpj33d5k0t0o5qe8du40ie2vntscj8skr@4ax.com.. .
>> On Thu, 3 May 2007 02:55:13 -0400, "Ray O'Hara" <mary.palmucci@rcn.com>
>wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"WhiteWolf <rayh<spam>@iol.ie>" <rayh@iol.ie> wrote in message
>> >news89h331nmh71glahmrkrri2vknjk1e2rct@4ax.com.. .
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Cape Cod Residents Stunned by Theft of Sept. 11 Memorial
>> >>
>> >> Tuesday , May 01, 2007
>> >>
>> >> How can anybody stoop so low?
>> >
>> > they probably mistook it for copper, any copper will get stolen for
>scrap.
>> >defaced statues and memorials are way to common.
>> >
>> >as to "stoop so low" it ratesd pretty low on the outrage scale.
>> >
>>
>> Your scale is broken then! Because on mine, it's full on terrible!
>>
>> Ray
>>
>
> butr then you are a well know idiot who thinks rush limbaugh and bill
>o'lielly are telling the truth and that an illegal war against a
>country{iraq} that didn't attack us is a good thing.
>
>what you think runs the gamut from mistken to wrong.
>

At least I'm not a loon like you!

Ray
(Why do I even bother)

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bo_dacious@mactan.org

On Wed, 02 May 2007 14:43:28 GMT, "W. K. Mahler, Mahlers.com"
<mahlers.com-@nospam.invalid> wrote:

>Kannenberg said he believes Casey will replace the plaque if it is not
>returned.
>
>Casey said last fall that he spent about $5,000 on the memorial's erection
>and its upkeep since 2002.
>
>The plaque is valued at $2,000, according to the police report, so the
>incident was classified as larceny over $250, which is a felony.
>
>Police are investigating, and anyone with information about the robbery is
>asked to call the Falmouth Police Department at 508-457-2526.
>

Considering that family got a pay out of $11,000,000.00 from the
federal government nailing up another piece of cheap metal shouldn't
put them in the poor house.

Ray O'Hara

<bo_dacious@mactan.org> wrote in message
news:hnr943lpm09jsgprp8f2lh337espos3cms@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 02 May 2007 14:43:28 GMT, "W. K. Mahler, Mahlers.com"
> <mahlers.com-@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>
> >Kannenberg said he believes Casey will replace the plaque if it is not
> >returned.
> >
> >Casey said last fall that he spent about $5,000 on the memorial's
erection
> >and its upkeep since 2002.
> >
> >The plaque is valued at $2,000, according to the police report, so the
> >incident was classified as larceny over $250, which is a felony.
> >
> >Police are investigating, and anyone with information about the robbery
is
> >asked to call the Falmouth Police Department at 508-457-2526.
> >
>
> Considering that family got a pay out of $11,000,000.00 from the
> federal government nailing up another piece of cheap metal shouldn't
> put them in the poor house.



tody the plaque was recovered and it will be re-installed at nobska light.