Ogonowski, who is also an agricultural activist, made an unsuccessful run for the United States House of Representatives in 2007. In 2002, Ogonowski and Flight 11 flight attendants Betty Ong and Madeline Amy Sweeney were the inaugural recipients of the Madeline Amy Sweeney Award for Civilian Bravery, an honor that the Government of Massachusetts instituted to award annually at least one Massachusetts resident for displaying extraordinary courage in defending or saving the lives of others. A remote controlled model aircraft flying field in nearby Tewksbury, Massachusetts, was dedicated to Ogonowski. The University of Massachusetts Lowell, presented Ogonowski with a posthumous honorary doctorate at its 2003 commencement ceremony at Tsongas Arena. The USAID Farmer to Farmer program was renamed the "John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter FTF Program" as part of the 2008 Farm Bill. At the National 9/11 Memorial, Ogonowski is memorialized at the North Pool, on Panel N-74, adjacent to the name of Kathleen A. Nicosia, a friend and flight attendant also killed on board American Airlines Flight 11 that day. See also Charles Burlingame LeRoy Homer Jr. References External links Captain John Ogonowski at Legacy.com American Airlines Flight 11 victims 1951 births 2001 deaths American people of Polish descent Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in the United States University of Massachusetts Lowell alumni American terrorism victims United States Air Force officers United States Air Force personnel of the Vietnam War People from Dracut, Massachusetts Deaths by stabbing in New York (state) Male murder victims Commercial aviators Military personnel from Massachusetts