Sept. 11 widow killed in Buffalo plane crash

[NewEngland4Obama]

Sept. 11 widow killed in Buffalo plane crash
By DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writer Devlin Barrett, Associated Press Writer
16 mins ago

WASHINGTON – Up until the very last moments of her life, Sept. 11 widow Beverly Eckert poured her grief into action — pushing presidents, lawmakers and even herself to do more to make the country safer.

Eckert was on a commuter plane approaching the Buffalo airport Thursday night when it nose-dived into the ground, killing all aboard and one person on the ground.

President Barack Obama, speaking in the White House's East Room Friday, said Eckert "was an inspiration to me and to so many others, and I pray that her family finds peace and comfort in the hard days ahead."

Just a week before her death, Eckert met with Obama at the White House as part of a group of 9/11 families and relatives of those killed in the bombing of the USS Cole, discussing how the new administration would handle terror suspects.

Eckert was traveling to Buffalo to celebrate what would have been her late husband Sean Rooney's 58th birthday.

Former 9/11 Commissioner Tim Roemer said her passing was "a profound loss for the country."

The grim circumstances of her death were hard to accept, particularly for those who lost loved ones in the 2001 terror attacks.

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[applegrove]

1. That is so sad.

[samdogmom]

2. My thoughts are with her family. This is just too hard to comprehend!

I can't imagine what they're going through right now. Wow...why do some people seem to have all the (bad) luck?

[mmonk]

3. That's sad. I feel sorry the family has another loss.

The group though, led by some retired military person, wants to keep "enhanced interrogation techniques" as I heard them on NPR discuss their "concerns".

[Manifestor_of_Light]

4. A bit of snark from the article above.

Quote: Eckert's husband — who was also her high school sweetheart — had been at work on the 98th floor of the south tower of the World Trade Center.

Eckert , 57, cried often when telling others about how her husband called her that morning from the burning building and said he loved her.

All of the women were grieving, but Eckert seemed unable or uninterested in holding back her tears.

She carried that grief to Congress as she advocated for better anti-terror efforts, part of a small group of widows, mothers, and children who played the roles of lobbyists. End Quote.


I think that statement is mean: "Eckert seemed unable or uninterested in holding back her tears".

:wtf: What the hell does it matter? She loved her husband. Why should she be expected to hold back her tears? Especially when the incompetence of the Bush administration caused her husbands death?

:wtf:

[thereismore]

5. Yeah. frak'em. nt