71st Anniversary of Pearl Harbor observed in Easthampton

22NEWS IS LIVE AT OUR HAMPSHIRE
COUNTY BUREAU.
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS VETERANS
GATHERED IN EASTHAMPTON TO
REMEMBER THOSE LOST 71 YEARS AGO
TODAY IN PEARL HARBOR.
A PEARL HARBOR VETERAN SPOKE
22NEWS REPORTER ANARIDIS
RODRIGUEZ AT THE CEREMONY TODAY.
TODAY MARKS THE 71ST ANNIVERSARY
OF THE JAPANESE SNEAK ATTACK ON
THE U-S FLEET IN PEARL HARBOR.
VETERANS FROM SOUTH HADLEY,
EASTHAMPTON AND NORTHAMPTON
GATHERED FOR A CEREMONY AT THE
PEARL HARBOR VETERANS MEMORIAL
BRIDGE ON RT.5. SOUTHAMPTON
RESIDENT EDWARD BORUCKI WAS 21-
YEARS-OLD WHEN A JAPANESE
TORPEDO STRUCK THE SHIP HE WAS
ON, KILLING 33 OF HIS SHIPMATES.
BORUCKI IS ONE OF THE FEW PEARL
HARBOR SURVIVORS IN WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS.
I'M HERE TO RECOGNIZE MY 33
SHIPMATES I LOST ON THE USS
HELENA ON PEARL HARBOR THE DAY
OF INFAMY. IT WAS A TURNING
POINT FOR THE WAR AND THE WORLD.
MY BROTHER JOE WAS ON THE SAME
SHIP WITH ED BORUCKI AT PEARL
HARBOR AND WAS STILL ON IT WHEN
THE SHIP GOT TORPEDOED.
2,390 SERVICE MEMBERS WERE
KILLED ON DECEMBER 7TH, 1941.
THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION SAYS
MORE THAN 600 WWII VETS DIE
EVERY DAY. LIVE IN NORTHAMPTON,
ANARIDIS RODRIGUEZ, 22NEWS.