A retired flight attendant has completed a lengthy journey to honor the legacy of four flight crews who confronted terrorism in the skies on Sept. 11, 2001.

Paul ‘Paulie’ Veneto, 64, has spent the last month walking from Boston to Ground Zero in New York City, all the while pushing along an airline beverage cart.

‘Paulie’s Push’, began four years ago as a way for Veneto to raise awareness of the men and women working American Airlines Flight 11, American Airlines Flight 77, United Flight 93 and United Flight 175 — a flight Veneto himself worked often, including the night before the attacks.

Speaking with Spectrum News 1 on a video call as he neared the end of his long trip, Veneto said the significance was starting to sink in.

“I’m starting to get emotional, I never know what I’m going to feel ahead of it, I just go and do it,” Veneto said. “I just know once I get to my destination, it’s going to be special.”

It’s a journey measured in worn-out shoes, sweaty shirts and shin splints, but Veneto made plenty of friends along the way to keep him company.

He spoke with a woman in the Bronx who lost a loved one in the World Trade Center, elementary school classes that cheered him along and even received an impromptu live serenade to raise his spirits.

Because the first ‘Paulie’s Push’ in 2021 spawned viral TikTok and Instagram posts, as well as an appearance on TODAY, his walks garner quite a bit of attention.

“A lot of people are standing on the side of the road and want to tell me stories about how family members have had close calls,” Veneto said. “People are coming out who have stories that they’ve never really talked about who were affected on 9/11, every one of them.”

The top of Veneto’s beverage cart includes the names and photos of more than a dozen crew members who lost their lives on 9/11, many of whom he knew personally.

On Aug. 20, near the start of his 200-plus mile journey, Veneto spoke with Spectrum News 1 about Amy Jarret, a younger flight attendant who was working on United Flight 175 when a hijacker slammed the plane into the World Trade Center.

“I worked with her a lot in the back of the plane,” Veneto said. “She was only 28 years old, but I knew the whole time when I was working with her that everything was going to be alright up there. I could always count on her.”

With roughly one mile left in his walk, Veneto was joined by several family members, briefly setting down his phone to greet them. After exchanging hugs, he resumed the call and continued onward. 

"Now I'm getting emotional, I'm looking at the Freedom Tower right now in front of me," Veneto said. 

Upon arriving at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, he silently pushed his beverage cart past countless American flags, flowers and wreaths placed by others who came to pay their respects. 

Hunched over the memorial, he stood there looking down at dozens of names etched into the stone. 

He kept staring — there were no words.