John Ogonowski ’70 (UMass Lowell) was a Vietnam veteran, third generation farmer, and an airline pilot. Tragically, he lost his life piloting American Airlines flight 11, the first plane to hit the World Trade Center on 9/11. Though he flew 30 to 40 thousand feet … Continue reading John Ogonowski – Vietnam veteran, pilot, farmer, preservationist, and one of the first casualties of the war on terror