Hundreds attend funeral of student who died in eating contest Jennifer Bain April 8, 2017 | 3:05pm Richard Harbus Tears flowed Saturday as hundreds of mourners remembered a college student and 9/11 daughter who fatally choked during a competitive eating contest. Caitlin Nelson, 20, whose Port Authority police officer dad James perished at the World Trade Center attacks, choked March 30 after the pancake eating contest at Sacred Heart University. Caitlin Nelson Facebook “It is comforting to know that you and Daddy will be there with Mommy and I every step of the way,” her older sister, Annie Vetri, said through tears from the pulpit of St. Helen’s Parish in Westfield, NJ. More than 400 people listened Saturday as Nelson’s sister recalled Caitlin’s help on the eve of her wedding. “It was in this very room almost three years ago that you proudly stood by my side as my beautiful maid of honor,” Vetri said. “You were there for me that day as you were every day with your brig...
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