Wrapped around the miniature pink roses it read, “Remembering You Always Suzanne, Love Mom and Dad. You always loved these.” The writing burned into the bench reads: “Suzanne Marie Calley 9/17/87-9/11/01, dedicated to the victims and those touched by the events of 9/11/01.”

There are benches dedicated to loved ones all along the shoreside trails of the central coast city of Pacific Grove. A visitor might not notice the importance of a new bench placed in the city’s main shoreside park at Lover’s Point. The city of Pacific Grove has refused permission to place any more memorial benches along their shores for many years. “Out of room,” they told the John Denver family and fans a few years ago when he perished near one of his favorite spots to sit by the sea.

In lasting memory of this daughter of Pacific Grove and for all those lost in the attack on 911, they made an exception. They allowed this new bench to be placed facing Pacific Grove’s most famous spot, the rocky outcrop of Lover’s Point. To all those touched by those events, there is now a special place for you by the sea.