Awards and Honors
On September 11, 2002, Glick was posthumously awarded the Medal for Heroism, the highest civilian honor bestowed by the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR).
Glick's sister, Joanna Glick, who finished tenth in the 2001 Junior National Amateur Figure Skating competition, skated a tribute to her brother at a benefit at Madison Square Garden, for which she received a standing ovation. Joanna, who was profiled in Joe McNally's portrait book, Faces of Ground Zero, said of her brother: "He was so strong. I was thinking I should be strong too. Jeremy lives in our hearts. Love, freedom and bravery live on forever."
Glick was awarded the Arthur Ashe Courage Award in 2002.
In September 2008, the United States Judo Association (USJA), awarded him with an Honorary 10th Degree black belt.
West Milford, New Jersey honored Glick by naming the Jeremy Glick Trail, and the vista, Jeremy Glick's Overlooks, after him.
At the National 9/11 Memorial, Glick is memorialized at the South Pool, on Panel S-67, along with other passengers on Flight 93.
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