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For Immediate Release: September 11, 2012 Flight Attendant Union Honors September 11 HeroesWashington, DC – The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) issued the following statement today on the 11th year since the September 11, 2001 attacks changed the country and the Flight Attendant profession forever: “Eleven years ago twenty-five Flight Attendants took action as first responders in a war we didn’t know we were fighting. These heroes were among the first to relay the intelligence that alerted our country and our flying partners on flight 93, who in turn sacrificed their own lives to save countless others on the ground. “Immediately following the horrific events of September 11th, Flight Attendants and crewmembers helped usher millions of passengers home to their families and loved ones. Our work continues every day since then, adding to our role as first responders, the new responsibility as aviation’s last line of defense. “In addition to a moment of silence observed at 8:46 am Eastern Time throughout our Flight Attendant Union, crewmembers are honoring our twenty-five Flight Attendant Heroes at remembrance services, by checking in to do our work as aviation’s first responders or in other very personal and private ways. “We promised to never forget. We promised to never forget the events of that day and to ensure they never happen again. Our heroes will forever unite us.” United Flight 175 Flight Attendant: Robert J. Fangman Flight Attendant: Amy N. Jarret Flight Attendant: Amy R. King Flight Attendant: Kathryn LaBorie Flight Attendant: Alfred G. Marchand Flight Attendant: Michael C. Tarrou Flight Attendant: Alicia N. Titus Captain: Victor Saracini First Officer: Michael Horrocks Customer Service Representative: Marianne MacFarlane Customer Service Representative: Jesus Sanchez United Flight 93 Flight Attendant: Lorraine G. Bay Flight Attendant: Sandra Bradshaw Flight Attendant: Wanda A. Green Flight Attendant: CeeCee Lyles Flight Attendant: Deborah Welsh Captain: Jason Dahl First Officer: Leroy Homer American Flight 11 Flight Attendant: Barbara Arestegui Flight Attendant: Jeffrey Collman Flight Attendant: Sara Low Flight Attendant: Karen Martin Flight Attendant: Kathleen Nicosia Flight Attendant: Betty Ong Flight Attendant: Jean Roger Flight Attendant: Madeline Sweeney Flight Attendant: Dianne Snyder Captain: John Ogonowski First Officer: Thomas McGuinness American Flight 77 Flight Attendant: Michele Heidenberger Flight Attendant: Jennifer Lewis Flight Attendant: Kenneth Lewis Flight Attendant: Renee May Captain: Charles Burlingame First Officer: David Charlebois AFA has launched an on-line memorial to the honor the 25 crewmembers who were among the first to alert the world to danger and courageously fought back on September 11, 2001. AFA’s memorial Never Forget may be viewed at www.afacwa.org/neverforget/ .
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