(NECN: Hartford, CT) - People in this quiet neighborhood in Stamford, Connecticut are mourning the loss of a neighbor. Beverly Eckert was on Continental Connection flight 3407 that crashed outside Buffalo.
Beverly's husband, Sean Rooney, was killed on 9-11.
She was headed to Buffalo to award a scholarship in her husband's name at the high school where they met. As co-chairwoman of "voices of September 11" Beverly fought hard to get the 9-11 commission report released, worked to get high rise building codes upgraded, kept a close watch on the prosecution of the terrorists. That work brought her to the highest offices in the nation. President Barack Obama met with her just a few days ago.
Connecticut governor M. Jodi Rell ordered the flag at the 9-11 memorial on Sherwood Isle lowered to half staff.
| A sad loss, her and all the folks on that plane. Rest in peace and thank you, Beverly. |
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