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9/11 Activist Who Sued Government Killed In
Buffalo Plane Crash
Widow of Trade Center victim refused to be silenced
after attacks
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One of the passengers aboard the plane that crashed into a house
10 miles from Buffalo, New York, airport late on Thursday was
a 9/11 widow who had questioned the official account of the
attacks, sued the government and consistently lobbied for an
Investigative Commission.
Beverly
Eckert was flying to the city for a celebration
of what would have been her husband Sean Rooney's 58th birthday,
reports the Press
Association. Mr Rooney died on the 98th floor of
the World Trade Center's south tower.
She was among the 44 passengers and four crew
on board the Continental Connection flight operated by Colgan
Air when it crashed in the Buffalo suburb of Clarence Center.
After 9/11, Ms Eckert refused to accept a cash
settlement as compensation and instead sued the government.
"I am suing because unlike other investigative
avenues… my lawsuit requires all testimony be given under
oath and fully uses powers to compel evidence." Eckert
wrote in December 2003 in a statement entitled My
Silence Cannot Be Bought.
"The victims’ fund was not created
in a spirit of compassion.… Lawmakers capped the liability
of the airlines at the behest of lobbyists who descended on
Washington while the September 11 fires still smoldered."
she wrote.
Other September 11 relatives who accepted settlements
forfeited their right to sue the airlines, airports, security
companies, or other US organizations that could have been faulted
for negligence and inadequate security measures. This ensured
that very little detail of the attacks emerged outside of the
government appointed 9/11 Commission.
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In the same statement Ms Eckert also wrote:
"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."
As a co-founder of the steering committee group
"Voices
For Sept. 11" Ms Eckert joined other activists
in pushing for an Investigative Commission.
Only because of the consistent efforts of the
relatives groups were the deaths of more than 2800 Americans
ever formally investigated by a government who would have rather
kept the truth about 9/11 buried.
In 2004 Ms Eckert also successfully lobbied Congress
to pass a sweeping reform
of the U.S. intelligence system.
Last week, Ms Eckert was at the White House to
talk with President Barack Obama about how the new administration
could deal with terror suspects.
According to reports, the Colgan Air flight was
on final approach to Buffalo airport, 5 miles from the runway,
when the control tower lost all contact. Weather was reported
as light snow and fog and a 17 MPH wind. There was no radio
message indicating a problem, so whatever happened happened
in an instant. Only one house on the ground was destroyed, so
the aircraft was on a nearly vertical path when it hit.
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