Sean Collier

Although I never met Sean, I did have the pleasure of meeting several members of the MIT Police Department as a former MIT employee. I found everyone I met to be personable, genuine, and overall good people...so I just know Sean was the same. My heart just breaks for his family, lost future, and the MIT Police Department and Community. Please accept my deepest condolences.

Have a happy life in the heaven. We all love you and remember your accomplishment on earth!

Thank you for your service to the MIT community and the greater Boston area. Your tragic and untimely death has affected many people. May you rest in peace and may your loved ones be comforted.

My sincere condolences to Officer Collier's family and friends. What a terrible tragedy, to lose this young man.

Prayers for Officer Collier and his family. And gratitude for his service and care for the MIT community. We are all at a great loss with his passing.

Deepest condolences to the family of a fallen hero. May God be with you at this difficult time.

My heart goes out to this young man's family and friends. As an MIT alum of many years back, I appreciate first hand the efforts of past, present, and future campus officers who do so much to protect MIT's vast campus and environs. All our thoughts and prayers are with you as you grieve this young life taken too early.

To the Collier family, to Officer Sean Collier's co-workers at MIT and in the broader law enforcement community, and to his many friends:
Many people around the country and around the world will remember Officer Sean Collier who, like me, did not have the pleasure of knowing him personally. I am a resident of Cambridge, and I incidentally completed a graduate program at MIT several decades ago. I am terribly saddened by the fact that Officer Collier became a casualty of the recent tragic events in the Boston area simply by doing his job. Although I did not know him, I am proud to realize his dedication to his chosen profession and his service to the community. I am also grateful that he chose to dedicate his short but accomplished and admirable life to protecting the MIT community and also the general public. He will not be forgotten. He will be widely and very fondly remembered as a heroic figure. May you be comforted in your sorrow. Many people such as myself found your statement very moving: that, while you mourn his passing, you realize that he died doing what he loved most, which was serving and protecting the public. We should all learn from and attempt to emulate your generosity of spirt and ability to see the big picture in the midst of such profound personal loss and tragedy.

Even though I am not a student, I’ve been a welcomed visitor to MIT many times. Sean, may you rest in peace. Thank you for your service.
To the Collier family, may the memory of him give you strength

Officer Collier: God's grace and blessings on your memory, and may you rest in peace. MIT security has been an important ingredient in the education we all received at that amazing place, and in the community of faculty, students, and administration. They were a civilizing element, models of mature and caring behavior, and keen students themselves of the things we callow youths were in need of. Protection yes; a climate of responsibility, even more so. At the Graduate House, while attending the Sloan School, my little "Margie" (a 1951 MG TD) was always given a benefit of the doubt when parked illegally, or completely covered by the latest blizzard, or unable to start under the weight of gas-line freeze up. A proud place. A memorable Institution. Made even better by the attributes best represented by Sean last week.

I was a student at MIT quite a few years ago. Although I didn't know Officer Collier personally, I do know what a great organization the MIT Campus Police is and the integral role it plays in the community. Although words seem inadequate, please accept my condolences from your tragic loss and gratitude for the supreme service Officier Collier gave.