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Ben Vidgen DEADLINE PUBLISHING.
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On February Friday 13th Beverly Eckert died, along with 49 others when the plane she was on crashed in Buffalo USA. Eight years ago, on September 11th 2001, Mrs Eckett husband Sean Rooney died when the plane he was flying on flew into the Twin Towers in New York.
Described simply as a “911 activist” by mainstream media sources DEADLINE was struck by the complete absence of explanation as to what this phase meant exactly and decided to dig deeper. The following article was written by Mrs Ecketts in 2003.
Mrs Eckert activism concerning 911 included being the co-chairperson of the group "Voices of September 11th" whose goal was an indepenedent commission to investigate 9/11.
PLEASE NOTE Mrs Beckett article DOES NOT say that 911 was a conspiracy or a cover up it DOES NOT suggest that George Bush was in bed with Osama Bin Laden and it is false to interpret her remarks to mean this. What Mrs Eckett stated simply but powerfully is her reason to launch an independent lawsuit against the US government “because unlike other investigative avenues, including congressional hearings and the 9/11 commission, my lawsuit requires all testimony be given under oath and fully uses powers to compel evidence”.
Mr Eckett’s statement shows once and for all how the world has never been told the truth about 911, as those in power have never been required literally to tell the truth. When this fact is held up to the light we should now ask our selves are those who seek to ask difficult questions, or seek an independent investigation into 911, obtuse or contrary?
Or is the pursuit of the truth, into this global changing event, which led to two wars, the subsequent loss of 100,000 lives (both American and non American) and may have even played significant role in the current fiscal crisis, as trillions have been spent fighting these wars, entirely legitimate?
To paraphrase from the editorial of no less than the New York Times, printed in the city most directly affected by this tragedy, only days after the attack, ‘there is a need not to jump to conclusions or draw assumptions based on our own separate and individual beliefs on how the world works, for who knows what we well learn of this event twenty years from now’.
My Silence Cannot Be Bought
by Beverly Eckert Friday, December 19, 2003
I've chosen to go to court rather than accept a payoff from the 9/11 victims compensation fund. Instead, I want to know what went so wrong with our intelligence and security systems that a band of religious fanatics was able to turn four U.S passenger jets into an enemy force, attack our cities and kill 3,000 civilians with terrifying ease. I want to know why two 110-story skyscrapers collapsed in less than two hours and why escape and rescue options were so limited.
I am suing because unlike other investigative avenues, including congressional hearings and the 9/11 commission, my lawsuit requires all testimony be given under oath and fully uses powers to compel evidence.
The victims fund was not created in a spirit of compassion. Rather, it was a tacit acknowledgement by Congress that it tampered with our civil justice system in an unprecedented way. Lawmakers capped the liability of the airlines at the behest of lobbyists who descended on Washington while the Sept. 11 fires still smoldered.
And this liability cap protects not just the airlines, but also World Trade Center builders, safety engineers and other defendants.
The caps on liability have consequences for those who want to sue to shed light on the mistakes of 9/11. It means the playing field is tilted steeply in favor of those who need to be held accountable. With the financial consequences other than insurance proceeds removed, there is no incentive for those whose negligence contributed to the death toll to acknowledge their failings or implement reforms. They can afford to deny culpability and play a waiting game.
By suing, I've forfeited the "$1.8 million average award" for a death claim I could have collected under the fund. Nor do I have any illusions about winning money in my suit. What I do know is I owe it to my husband, whose death I believe could have been avoided, to see that all of those responsible are held accountable. If we don't get answers to what went wrong, there will be a next time. And instead of 3,000 dead, it will be 10,000. What will Congress do then?
So I say to Congress, big business and everyone who conspired to divert attention from government and private-sector failures: My husband's life was priceless, and I will not let his death be meaningless. My silence cannot be brought.
Other Passengers of note on Flight 3507
Alison L. Des Forges
Expert on the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. Des Forges testified at 11 trials at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda as an expert witness.
Mary Julia Abraham, 44, employee of Invacare Corp. retired member of the Army Reserve (rank of first sergeant corp unknown).
George Abu-Karem, 27, worked as a security guard after leaving Israeli special forces in 2000 Karem according to the Jerusalem Post, was travelling with a second Israeli buut no name or bio details have been released.
Ernest West, 54, according to his own biography (which can be found on the networking site Linkdln) was deputy director for defence research firm Northrop Grumman Amherst Systems, a unit of the leading defense contractor. West worked 22 years as a marketing and systems manager for Sierra Research Corp. Before that, he was an electronic warfare and ground-directed bombing specialist for the Air Force in the 1970s. While serving in South Korea, he served six months as “a field operative” with the Office of Special Investigation.
"Jerome Krasuski, 53. The former North Tonawanda resident worked for the Williamsville defense contractor for more than 20 years. Krasuski's three Northrop Grumman colleagues also died in the
crash.(http://www.buffalonews.com/).
Sources at Northrop Grumman Amherst Systems, a defense contractor on Wehrle Drive in Williamsville, have confirmed four of its employees were aboard the Continental Connection flight No. 3407
• MARY JULIA ABRAHAM, 44
• GEORGE ABU-KAREM, 27,TIBERIAS, ISRAEL
• DAVID M. BORNER, 49, PENDLETON
• LINDA DAVIDSON, 61, WESTFIELD
• RONALD DAVIDSON, 66, WESTFIELD
• ALISON L. DES FORGES, 66, BUFFALO
• BEVERLY ECKERT, 57, STAMFORD, CONN.
• JOHN FIORE, 60, GRAND ISLAND
• BRAD GREEN, 53, AMHERST
• RON GONZALEZ, 44, NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.
• ZHAOFANG GUO, 53, AMHERST
• KEVIN JOHNSTON, 52, EAST AMHERST
• STEVE JOHNSON, NORTHROP GRUMMAN EMPLOYEE
• ELLYCE KAUSNER, 24, CLARENCE
• NICOLE KORCZYKOWSKI, NEW YORK CITY
• JEROME KRASUSKI, 53, CHEEKTOWAGA
• BETHANY KUSHNER, 19, ANGOLA
• SEAN LANG, 19, MONTGOMERYVILLE, PA.
• MADELINE LOFTUS, 24, PARSIPPANY, N. J.
• LORIN MAURER, 30, PRINCETON, N. J.
• COLEMAN MELLETT, 34, EAST BRUNSWICK, N. J.
• DON MCDONALD, 48, FORT ERIE, ONT.
• DAWN MOSSOP, 48, BLOOMFIELD, N. J.
• DONALD MOSSOP, 42, BLOOMFIELD, N. J.
• SHAWN MOSSOP, 12, BLOOMFIELD, N. J.
• JENNIFER NEILL, 34, CLARENCE
• GERRY NIEWOOD, 64, GLEN RIDGE, N. J.
• JOHNATHAN PERRY,27, NEW YORK CITY
• MARY “BELLE” PETTYS, 50, WEST SENECA
• DONNA PRISCO, 52, RANDOLPH, N. J.
• MATILDA QUINTERO, 57, WOODBRIDGE, N. J.
• FERRIS REID, 44, BLOOMFIELD, N. J.
• CAPT. MARVIN RENSLOW, 47, LUTZ, FLA..
• JOHN ROBERTS III, 48, INDIA
• REBECCA SHAW, 24, MAPLE VIEW, WASH.
• JEAN SRNECZ, 59, CLINTON, N. J.
• DARREN TOLSMA, 45, LANCASTER
• SUSAN WEHLE, 55, AMHERST
• ERNEST WEST, 54, CLARENCE
• DOUGLAS C. WIELINSKI, 61, CLARENCE
• CLAY YARBER, 62, RIVERSIDE, CALIF.
• CAPT. JOSEPH ZUFFOLETTO, 27, JAMESTOWN
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