08/26/2026
Mark your calendars!!
🇺🇸 Friday afternoon and Saturday morning Paulie will be in Portland!🇺🇸
You may be familiar with Paulie’s Push, the effort of retired flight attendant to honor the ‘first, first responders’ of September 11 - the flight crews. He passed through this area in 2021 and 2024, pushing his airline beverage cart from Boston to Ground Zero both times along routes representing United Flight 175 and American Flight 11. (He also pushed from Washington-Dulles to the Pentagon for American 77, and Newark-Liberty to Shanksville for United 93).
In all, Paulie pushed his cart nearly 800 miles. He set out what he intended to do, completing all four flights. This year, to mark the 25th anniversary of the attacks, he’s pushing one more time. When his cart reaches Ground Zero on September 11 it will have surpassed 1,000 miles - and many of those final miles will have seen it pushed by people from the communities he’ll pass through.
What’s more, this year four additional airline beverage carts have been donated - one decorated for each of the four flights. In places where it’s safe, members of the community will be invited to push along with him. It’s an effort we’re calling Everyone’s Push.
On Friday, Paulie will begin the morning at Global Self Storage in East Hampton, pushing toward Portland, where he’ll end for the day. Members of the community will be invited to push with him for the last portion of his day’s journey toward the Portland Fire House.
In the past Paulie has pushed through Portland, but this will be his first time stopping here for the day. He’s looking forward to spending a little time here this time around, and to meeting folks from Portland. Can’t wait to see you Friday.
You can check out the itinerary by visiting everyonespush.com/25years, and view his progress on the GPS tracker route map at paulispush.com/map Please share with anyone you know who’s met Paulie in the past, or who’s been wanting to, and come out and support his final Push through.
