COMMENTS FROM THE FAMILIES OF FLIGHT 93 HEROES

Several relatives of the victims of Flight 93 joined Jere Longman at the Club to reflect on the tragedy. All 40 of the passengers and crew are remembered in Longman's book, Among the Heroes.

Azarene Smith and Sandra Jamerson, the mother and twin sister of Wanda Green, a flight attendant on Flight 93 who had worked for United for 29 years.

Kimi Beaven, whose husband was Alan Beaven, an environmental attorney based in San Francisco who was spending the summer in New York. Interested in clean water, he had taken on Shell and Mobil all by himself.

Derrill Bodley, the father of Deora Bodley, who was a college student at Santa Clara University. When Deora was 11, she wrote that "people ask for who, what, when, where, how, and I ask for peace." She gave a lot of her time volunteering for America Reads.

Dorothy Garcia, Kelly Garcia and Audrey Olive, the wife and daughters of Andrew Garcia. He and Dorothy had both worked for United. Andrew had a company called Cinco, which manufactured industrial equipment, much of it related to the airline industry. He had trained as an air traffic controller in the California National Guard in the '60s, and had a fascination with flying.

Jack Grandcolas, the husband of Lauren Grandcolas. Lauren was a marketing expert. One of her colleagues called her "a sparkle in a grey-suit world." She was one of three women on the plane who were emergency medical technicians, trained to be very calm in times of stress.

Alice Hoglan. the mother of Mark Bingham. Mark has become fairly well known. He ran a public relations firm with offices in New York and in San Francisco. He was the kind of guy who would walk up to you and say, "I'm Mark Bingham, who are you?"

Carole O'Hare, the daughter of Hilda Marcin. Hilda was 79, and had lived through every important event of the century. She was born in Germany right before the Nazis took over, and later moved to New Jersey.

Cathy Stefani, the mother of Nicole Miller, a college student from West Valley College in Saratoga, California. In high school, she had been a champion swimmer and softball player. People would come up to her and say, "I just love your smile."


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