Beverly A. Eckert

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Beverly A. Eckert

Birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA
Death
12 Feb 2009 (aged 57)
Clarence, Erie County, New York, USA
Burial
Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.9297525, Longitude: -78.8595682
Plot
Section 33 GT lot 1135B
Memorial ID
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Information from Forest Lawn Cemetery Burial Permit -
Parents' names on burial permit are Raymond T. Eckert & Helen Mack.
Age at death: 57 years, -- months, -- days.
Next of kin: Susan Bourque, sister.
Interment date: Saturday, May 30, 2009.
Link to father provided by member Beverly Siener Ball, #47333905.
Activist. 9/11 Activist, lobbied for more information on terrorist attacks. She became part of a small group of Sept. 11 widows, mothers, and children who became amateur lobbyists, ultimately forcing lawmakers in 2004 to pass sweeping reforms of the U.S. intelligence apparatus. After the 2001 attacks, she co-chaired the 9/11 Family Steering Committee, a group of activists devoted to exposing government failures that led up to the 2001 attacks, and fixing them. She pushed for a 9/11 Commission. She pushed the Bush administration to provide more information to the commission. And when the commission's work was over, she pushed Congress to adopt their recommendations.

She was aboard a commericial flight to her hometown of Buffalo, New York when the plane slammed into a home killing all 49 aboard, and 1 on the ground.

Beverly was on the phone with her husband, Sean Rooney, who worked in the World Trade Center, at the time of his death. She listened as the floors collapsed and the line went silent.

She was a resident of Stamford, Connecticut.
Information from Forest Lawn Cemetery Burial Permit -
Parents' names on burial permit are Raymond T. Eckert & Helen Mack.
Age at death: 57 years, -- months, -- days.
Next of kin: Susan Bourque, sister.
Interment date: Saturday, May 30, 2009.
Link to father provided by member Beverly Siener Ball, #47333905.
Activist. 9/11 Activist, lobbied for more information on terrorist attacks. She became part of a small group of Sept. 11 widows, mothers, and children who became amateur lobbyists, ultimately forcing lawmakers in 2004 to pass sweeping reforms of the U.S. intelligence apparatus. After the 2001 attacks, she co-chaired the 9/11 Family Steering Committee, a group of activists devoted to exposing government failures that led up to the 2001 attacks, and fixing them. She pushed for a 9/11 Commission. She pushed the Bush administration to provide more information to the commission. And when the commission's work was over, she pushed Congress to adopt their recommendations.

She was aboard a commericial flight to her hometown of Buffalo, New York when the plane slammed into a home killing all 49 aboard, and 1 on the ground.

Beverly was on the phone with her husband, Sean Rooney, who worked in the World Trade Center, at the time of his death. She listened as the floors collapsed and the line went silent.

She was a resident of Stamford, Connecticut.

Gravesite Details

GPS is approximate for Section 33 GT.
A Memorial for all victims of crash is in Section 36-B.