anne sweeney was five years old when her mother was killed learned i home wasn't coming home. >> reporter: amy sweeney was a flight attendant on flight -- on the first flight attacked. >> she could have called her family for one last goodbye but instead she chose to report vital information to logan airport which would change the world. >> reporter: the madeline amy sweeney award recognizes somebody who heroically acted with no regard for themselves. >> he intervened and was described george heath, into early may he and his wife were at the taunton mall when a man with a knife was on the attack. heath gave his life to save a pregnant woman. his wife rosemary accepted those -- the award. >> i wish my husband were sitting next to me. i want everybody to think about helping other people, do the right thing. be like amy recipients. >> reporter: a message that resonated with anne sweeney who remembers once were the most about her mom, the one about her actions on 9/11. >> it is so symbolic of inner strength and courage and want to makes me so incredibly proud to call myself or daughter. >> the