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So Sad - Campaigning 9/11 widow among 50 people killed in Continental passenger plane crash
Daily Mail ^

Posted on 02/13/2009 7:47:48 AM PST by sunmars

So So sad - May you rest in peace

A woman who lost her husband in the September 11 terror attacks was among the 50 people who died in a plane crash last night.

Beverly Eckert was apparently on her way to celebrate what would have been her husband Sean Rooney's 58th birthday.

'We know she was on the plane and now she's with him,' her sister Sue Bourque said.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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A woman who lost her husband in the September 11 terror attacks was among the 50 people who died in a plane crash last night.

Beverly Eckert was apparently on her way to celebrate what would have been her husband Sean Rooney's 58th birthday.

'We know she was on the plane and now she's with him,' her sister Sue Bourque said.

1 posted on 02/13/2009 7:47:48 AM PST by sunmars
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To: sunmars

Was she one of Coulter’s infamous 9/11 widows?


2 posted on 02/13/2009 7:48:52 AM PST by Badeye (There are no 'great moments' in Moderate Political History. Only losses.)
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To: sunmars
I guess the streak is over (No aviation deaths)
3 posted on 02/13/2009 7:50:38 AM PST by Perdogg (Only the hypnotized never lie)
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To: Badeye

No, I don’t hink so. I had read that she was going back home to present a scholarship in her husband’s name to a local school. A previous article had said how she could never hold back the tears, she’s been so grief-stricken. It did not say if they had ay chldren so I’m assuming they did not. I hope she can finally be at peace..and with her lost love.


4 posted on 02/13/2009 7:51:19 AM PST by SueRae
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To: SueRae

Same here. I was just curious.


5 posted on 02/13/2009 7:52:15 AM PST by Badeye (There are no 'great moments' in Moderate Political History. Only losses.)
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To: Badeye

hmmmmm....Interesting question.


6 posted on 02/13/2009 7:52:34 AM PST by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: Badeye

No, she was an anti-terrorism hawk.


7 posted on 02/13/2009 7:53:13 AM PST by DarthVader (Liberal Democrats are the party of EVIL whose time of judgment has come.)
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To: Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)

I thought so...I’m not trying to get ugly or be crass here, just wondering...


8 posted on 02/13/2009 7:53:43 AM PST by Badeye (There are no 'great moments' in Moderate Political History. Only losses.)
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To: SueRae

I hope they didnt have any children. They would have been through enough losing their father in such a violent fashion. If they did, may God look over them.


9 posted on 02/13/2009 7:53:46 AM PST by Long Island Pete (If liberals made sense, they would be conservatives.)
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To: SueRae

Thank you for that added information.

Poor woman.


10 posted on 02/13/2009 7:53:55 AM PST by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: DarthVader

Thanks DV. I seem to recall her face from the interviews, but couldn’t remember what her position was on anything.


11 posted on 02/13/2009 7:54:31 AM PST by Badeye (There are no 'great moments' in Moderate Political History. Only losses.)
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To: Badeye

I understand.


12 posted on 02/13/2009 7:55:17 AM PST by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: DarthVader
That's what I heard too....a cog in the wheel, & she had just visited Obama to hold him accountable

(would anyone have reason to eliminate her...just asking)

13 posted on 02/13/2009 7:57:04 AM PST by Guenevere ("He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain that which he cannot lose")
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To: Badeye
I'd never heard of her before, but found it interesting - while a previous video clip of her was playing - to hear a CNN anchorette quoting some stats, such as "She and her husband had been married for 44 years" at the time of 9/11 .....

That'd make her over seventy -- I don't hardly think so.

14 posted on 02/13/2009 7:57:48 AM PST by ErnBatavia (Here's hoping the Kennedy family trust is in deep....with Madoff)
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To: Badeye

I read a story about her and she was an intense activist who worked hard to keep politicians feet to the fire about passing tough laws to keep Americans safe from terrorists. She did not want others to suffer the same grief she has. My heart grieves for her, all of the victims and their families.


15 posted on 02/13/2009 7:58:29 AM PST by DarthVader (Liberal Democrats are the party of EVIL whose time of judgment has come.)
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To: sunmars; All

http://rfkjrforpresident.com/2009/02/13/remembering-beverly-eckert-911-widow-and-american-patriot/

16 posted on 02/13/2009 7:59:10 AM PST by GOP_Lady
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To: GOP_Lady

http://rfkjrforpresident.com/2009/02/13/remembering-beverly-eckert-911-widow-and-american-patriot/


17 posted on 02/13/2009 7:59:34 AM PST by GOP_Lady
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To: Long Island Pete

In a Fox video, it looked like she had a teen or early 20ish son.

Don’t know for sure.


18 posted on 02/13/2009 8:00:21 AM PST by dforest
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To: Guenevere

“.....she had just visited Obama to hold him accountable.”

Good, I hope this tragedy makes Black Narcissus think more deeply about his flawed policies.


19 posted on 02/13/2009 8:02:12 AM PST by DarthVader (Liberal Democrats are the party of EVIL whose time of judgment has come.)
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To: Long Island Pete
I hope they didnt have any children.

I hope they did and I hope the children are proud of their parents.

20 posted on 02/13/2009 8:02:37 AM PST by ColdWater
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