Sean Collier

Sean,
May you rest in peace. Your Brothers and Sisters in blue have it from here.

God bless you and your family for sacrificing to protect us. May God grant them His grace, comfort, peace and love during this most difficult time. You all are truly heroes.

Dear Sean,
Everyday I walk by the site where you gave your life for us, and every day I will think of you as I walk to work and I will remind myself to live life with as much kindness, generosity, and bravery as you did.
Thank you.

Thoughts & Prayers are with you all during this difficult time. - Lakitha Garrett
Thank you for your courage and commitment to our community. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. - Maureen Ratigan
For 40 plus years you have made my family and friends feel safe here as home. Thank you for continued excellence; giving of yourself and making MIT a Beautiful Community! - Kenneth L Hewitt, III
Thank you all for your service and sacrifice; the entire MIT community mourns with you! - Elizabeth
We mourn for the loss of Sean Collier, together, you are in our thoughts and prayers.
Your service is greatly appreciate. Thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time - Kelley
May you all be held in love and light, and continue to bring your beauty, strength and goodness into the world.- Anne Lafleur
We appreciate your service to the community and can only imagine the feeling you have for the loss of your fallen comrade. - Ellen Cushman
Thank you all for your daily sacrifices. Please receive our best wishes in joining with you to mourn the loss of our colleague. - Jeannette Gerzon
Words cannot express the emptiness we all feel - we are here for you. - Alyce Johnson
MIT Campus Police and Officer Collier kept their entire community safe - thank you and we are so grateful
With deepest sympathy and heartfelt thanks for all you do.
Thank you for all that you do. My thoughts are with you. Remember that our community truly cherishes you all!
Thank you for all you do for MIT our community today and every day.
Thank you for everything that you do for us and for the sacrifice that Sean made. Might have not been for his ultimate sacrifice something could have happened to me while working that night at E19 - Thank you! - Juan Pina
Thank you for all your good work for MIT. God Bless - Marcela Bruce
We are so sorry - with deepest sympathy and thanks - Judy B.
My heart, thoughts, and prayers go out to the Collier family, as well as the campus police. Your courage, strength and commitment to serve the community are admired and appreciated by all of us. - Kristen Panagopoulos

Sean Collier you are a hero and a true patriot. You are all that is good. God Bless you and Rest In Peace.

Thank you, Officer Collier, for your service. I send my condolences to the family and friends of this young man, as well as to the members of the MIT community to whose protection he dedicated and gave his life.

Rest in Peace. You will not be forgotten.

My son is a student at MIT. We are thankful for protectors like Officer Collier who work to keep the MIT family safe. We are deeply saddened by the loss of Officer Collier. There is no balm that we can offer other than to say, "We care for you and mourn his loss."

Condolences to his family, he died an honourable death doing his duty.

NICE JOB BROTHER Rest in peace.

It takes a special person to be an MIT officer. You have to know they see students in the midst of hacks and simply keep a watchful eye as they go about their hijinks. There are probably also moments they may have to stop students who are going a bit too far, and convince these incredibly bright kids that they might be making a poor choice that could affect them for a long time. And then there are the students who are at their absolute stress limits, who these officers might find doing things that could harm themselves or others. That ability to judge, moment to moment, how to handle the smartest people in the world as they strive and struggle and stumble through their young lives is a special gift. I sense from the little bit I have read of Officer Collier that he had that gift. It has been many years since I was at MIT, but we never forget our time there, to include all those seen and unseen who helped us through. My deepest sympathies to Officer Collier’s family and to the MIT community.

Hi Sean,

With all the wonderful things I've heard about you, it saddens me to know that I didn't get to meet you. Despite the fact that we never got acquainted, it hurts my heart to have lost such a strong, loving individual that stole the hearts of so many MIT community members.

I don't want to grieve anymore. Instead, I choose to take with me the memory of a great man who was loved by so many, and the inspiration to do good. You showed MIT your dedication to protecting the people you love, a quality I admire and hope to emulate to the fullest extent.

And, maybe, we can all work together to make the world a more caring and compassionate place. For you, and for everyone else.

Thanks for everything.
-dkim