I Love New York!

Carrie Bears teamed up with Caring Connection and
several volunteers from the Salt Lake City
community to make grief bears for the fallen
New York City firefighters and police officers.

Carrie Bears completed a project of making bears of comfort for the families of the New York City firefighters and police officers. The bears are 20 inches long and made from the fabric used to make the uniformed shirts of the service men. Sewn on the front of each bear is a patch from the NYC Fire Department or the NYC Police Department. Monogrammed on the left arm of each bear is either FDNY or NYPD and an American Flag is sewn on the right arm of each bear. The full name and unit or platoon of each firefighter and policeman that died in the World Trade Center attack is monogrammed on the back of the bear. The name is preceded by "In Loving Memory of" and followed by "September 11, 2001".

Carrie was able to personally deliver some of these bears to 12 of the families of Engine 54 and to confirm that the precious cargo previously sent had arrived and that bears were being distributed to the many families.