:Christine Egan

{{Short description|Canadian nurse}}

{{infobox medical person

|name=Christine Egan

|birth_date={{birth date|1946|6|20|df=y}}

|birth_place=Kingston upon Hull, England

|death_date={{death date and age|2001|9|11|1946|6|20|df=y}}

|death_place=New York City, U.S.

|alma_mater=University of Manitoba

|occupation=Nurse

}}

File:In Memory of Christine Egan - geograph.org.uk - 3785306.jpg, Kingston upon Hull, December 2013]]

Christine Egan (20 June 1946 – 11 September 2001){{Cite web |title=Christine Egan |publisher=National September 11 Memorial & Museum |url=https://names.911memorial.org/#lang=en_US&page=person&id=4339 |accessdate=29 September 2022 |archivedate=29 September 2022 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20220929132547/https://names.911memorial.org/%23lang=en_US&page=person&id=4339 }} was an English-Canadian nurse.

Born in Kingston upon Hull, England, she graduated from the Hull School of Nursing in 1967.{{cite news |last1=Campbell |first1=James |title=Hull's 9/11 victims: How a loving sister's kind gesture ended in tragedy |url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/hulls-911-victims-how-loving-1991463 |access-date=19 January 2025 |work=Hull Daily Mail |date=11 September 2018}} Egan immigrated to Canada to work as a nurse in Iqaluit{{Cite news |last=Schmeichel |first=David |date=2002-09-08 |title=Very personal, very private |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-winnipeg-sun-very-personal-very-pr/162829594/ |access-date=2025-01-12 |work=The Winnipeg Sun |pages=4}} and other Nunavut communities.{{Cite web |author=Vinay Menon|date=6 September 2011 |title=9/11 Portraits in Grief: Christine and Michael Egan |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2011/09/06/911_portraits_in_grief_christine_and_michael_egan.html |website=Toronto Star}} In 1999, she earned her Ph.D. in Community Health Services from the University of Manitoba.{{Cite web |title=Michael Egan/Christine Egan: Siblings and Close Friends |author1=Tara Bahrampour|author2= Carla Baranauckas|author3= Felicity Barringer|author4= Anthony DePalma|author5= Shaila K. Dewan|author6= Emily Eakin|author7= Robin Finn|author8= Jonathan Fuerbringer|author9= Steven Greenhouse|author10= Tobin Harshaw|author11= Hubert B. Herring|author12= Lynette Holloway|author13= Dena Kleiman|author14= N. R. Kleinfield|author15= Michael Molyneux|author16= Lynda Richardson|author17= Dinitia Smith|author18= Barbara Stewart|author19= Barbara Whitaker|author20= Lena Williams |author21= Edward Wong|work=New York Times |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/national/portraits/POG-06EGAN.html?ex=1236830400&en=ad9341d50a8a9539&ei=5070 |date= 6 December 2001 |archivedate=10 March 2009|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20090310075248/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/national/portraits/POG-06EGAN.html?ex=1236830400&en=ad9341d50a8a9539&ei=5070}} She became the Program Director of Research and Education for the Health Board of Kivalliq Region.

In 2001, she was living in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where she taught at the university and worked for Health Canada. She was killed in the September 11 attacks when visiting the office of Aon Corporation, where her younger brother Michael Egan worked in the South Tower of the World Trade Center,{{cite web |author=Ian Stewart |date=30 October 2016 |title=Memorable Manitobans: Christine Egan |url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/egan_c.shtml |publisher=Manitoba Historical Society}} on the 105th floor.{{cite web |date=December 6, 2001 |title= Dr. Christine Egan |url=https://voicescenter.org/living-memorial/victim/dr-christine-egan |website=Voices Center for Resilience}} Michael also died in the attack.

A memorial scholarship was created in her name to support Nunavut Inuit to pursue a nursing education.{{cite web|url=https://umanitoba.ca/ongomiizwin/student-experience#financial-aid-and-awards|publisher=University of Manitoba|title=Dr. Christine Egan Memorial Scholarship|accessdate=19 January 2025}}{{cite web |author=Jane George |date=11 September 2021 |title=Legacy of Nunavut's lone 9/11 victim lives on in nursing scholarship |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/remembering-christine-egan-nunavut-9-11-1.6169559 |website=CBC News}}{{cite news |author=Carol Sanders|date=9 September 2011 |title=Northern nursing careers legacy of loss |newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press |url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/northern-nursing-careers-legacy-of-loss-129514973.html}}