Calendar of Upcoming Events

Saturday & Sunday, October 16-17, 2004

10^th Annual Meeting – only $10 for registration, breakfast and Saturday lunch!

WHERE . . .

• Brian Alexander:  Learn which Aviation Security recommendations are in the 9/11 Commission Report, and what is missing, inaccurate, or half-steps toward the truth.  Alexander is with Kreindler & Kreindler LLP, and the report represents years of investigation.
• Ron Motley:  Update on the lawsuit to bankrupt the terrorists: Burnett vs. Al Baraka.  Considerable progress has been made!  Ron Motley will share new evidence, and update on progress in the courts, including the upcoming Court Hearings October 12th and 14th, 2004.
• Mary Schiavo:  Aviation Security—Past, Present and Future.  Former Inspector General, Dept. of Transportation
• Jim Barry: CBS Philadelphia.  An excellent CBS news team documented a year of Airport Security failures at the Philadelphia Airport.  The CBS investigative reporting brought positive changes and some managers were fired! 
• Bogdan Dzakovic:  FAA Whistleblower
• Sibel Edmonds:  Former FBI Language Specialist
• John Goglia: Former Board Member, National Transportation Safety Board, received the 2001 NADA/F Air Safety Award
• Gunnar Kuepper:  Aviation security successes and failures prior to and after 9/11 from a global perspective.
• Paul Knerr:  Chair of the first “Expert Panel,” an independent team used by NTSB to determine mechanical problems and fixes that were implemented following an aviation disaster.
• Katherine Fernandez Rundle:  Miami-Dade County State Attorney who authorized the first and only known successful state criminal prosecution following an aviation disaster--of SabreTech, following the ValuJet crash.  Attorneys in the public and private sector have been most helpful in forcing higher standards of aviation safety and security.
• TSA – Transportation Security Administration:  TSA is allowing more airports to convert back to private contractors—possibly the same companies that caused 9/11 and received corporate immunity from our government to cover-up their past failures.  We look forward to hearing from TSA experts from Boston Airport and the Washington DC office, and especially from the screener’s perspective!  
• Cindy King and Kevin Zanhle:  Update on outsourced aircraft maintenance from the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Assoc., and members of an airline Accident Investigation Team.

• Edward “Ted” Rynearson MD:  30 years of clinical practice, worldwide research, and helping people with life‑changing events.  We welcome Ted Rynearson from his home base in the Seattle-area. 
• Jewell Praying Wolf James:  Master Carver of the three September 11^th Healing Poles, gifts from the Lummi Nation, and blessed by military veterans, and Native Indian Tribes and Nations across the U.S. The Poles are part of the healing process for the family members and our nation as a whole. 
• Sunday 12:30 noon NADA/F business meeting.  Contact Jeff Josefson at 401-885-2039 or jeffjosefson1@juno.com  or Mary Kahl at MKahlcul8@aol.com  if you would like to serve on the NADA/F  Board or help in any way. 

9th Annual Meeting was Saturday and Sunday, October 18-19, 2003

At the 9th Annual Meeting, we learned more about who financed the terrorist attacks on 9/11/01, the enormous frustration and injustices that confront 9/11 family members, the serious problems with contracted aircraft maintenance, how to cope with the personal toll a disaster takes on us all, and more. For a re-cap of the meeting read on, or check www.C-SPAN.org for the following:

"Terrorism and Aviation Security,"
National Air Disaster Alliance, Program #178717.

C-SPAN was showing the Saturday program of our Annual Meeting in multiple parts.  Videotapes may be purchased from www.C-SPAN.org

Special Guests for Saturday afternoon included:

• Keynote Speaker: Ronald L Motley, Esq., Lead attorney for Burnett vs. Al Baraka Investment, the lawsuit to bankrupt the terrorists. There are now over 5,000 Plaintiffs, family members from 9/11. The attorneys have spent millions on discovery and the research is on-going worldwide.
  
  Related Articles:
  
  "Litigating Terror: Tobacco Lawyer Takes on Saudis in a Sept. 11 Suit"
  Allegations of al Qaeda Links
  Wall Street Journal, December 12, 2002 
  Click here
  
  "A Nation Unto Himself"
  Intruders in the House of Saud
  Fighting the War on Terrorism
  New York Times, March 14, 2004 
  Click here

Survivors and family members have a "need to know" and search for the truth, and this was an opportunity to receive the most up to date information on the lawsuit to hold those accountable who financed 9/11. The lawsuit should make us all safer on the ground, and in the air!

• Mary Schiavo, Active in discovery regarding 9/11 and serving on the Plaintiffs' Executive Committee for September 11, 2001 Tort Litigation. Former Inspector General U.S. Dept of Transportation (1990-96).

We must also hold the aviation industry and our government accountable for 9/11. We always welcome Mary's participation and appreciate her support for victims' families.

• Coleen Rowley, a Special Guest at the 2003 Annual Meeting, spoke in her personal capacity. Ms. Rowley, FBI agent in Minneapolis, was one of three "TIME" Magazine "Persons of the Year" for 2002.
  

  Related Articles:
  
  For an edited version of the agent's 13-page letter, May 21, 2002 
  Click here

  "The Special Agent"
  TIME Magazine, December 30, 2002
  Click here.
  
  Balancing Civil Liberties with the Need for Effective Investigation
  By Coleen Rowely, January, 2004.
  Click here.

• Gerald Dillingham, Director of Civil Aviation, GAO (General Accounting Office), assessed where we are two years after 9/11 with regard to aviation security, assessed the future challenges, and the GAO agenda for safety/security studies and reports. For information about the GAO go to www.gao.gov. Go to GAO Reports, click on Terrorism and Airport Security Reports from 1980 to present.

Additional Special Guests and Speakers were:

• John Goglia, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Board Member.
• Jim Hall, former Chair of NTSB
• Alan Levin, "USA Today" Journalist
• Bogdan Dzakovic, Aviation Security Expert
• Bertrand des Clars de Beaumets, Aviation Safety Expert - "How long a road to the end of fuel tank fires?"
• Gunnar Kuepper, Expert in Emergency & Disaster Management - Update on level of preparedness for the credible threats to passenger airline terminals.
• Monica Gabrielle from Skyscraper Safety brought us up to date on her work and accomplishments since 9/11.
• William Rizzo, Psy.D., shared the results of his survey of family members offered at last year's meeting, and research about history of support services following air crash disasters.
• Regina Asaro, MS, RN, CT, Author of "Mental Health Matters" in NADA/F Newsletters, with fifteen years experience supporting families who have experienced traumatic loss.

Friday, October 17, 2003

• 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm For early arrivals, afternoon lobbying. We distributed to Senators and Members of Congress posters of the history of 823 hi-jackings from 1970-2001, and a letter listing what the elected officials can do to truly make us safer. We gathered at an office very close to the House and Senate office buildings, and returned to the hotel from there.
• 7:00 pm Optional dinner at the hotel.

Saturday, October 18, 2003

• 8:30 am - 9:30 am Continental Breakfast
• 9:30 am to 12:00 pm Introductions, and a time to learn more about each other
• 12pm - 1:00 pm Lunch at the hotel is included.
• 1:00 - 5:00 pm Saturday Forum: "Terrorism and Aviation Safety: How did we get to 9/11, and what is being done to make us all safer?" Also speakers focusing on aviation safety and security.
• 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Reception at the rooftop dining room
• 7:00 pm on. . . Dinner, Speakers, Awards and Recognition to those who have made a difference

Sunday, October 19, 2003

• 8:30 am - 9:30 am Continental Breakfast
• 9:30 am to 1:30 pm Guest Speakers and discussion: Contracted aircraft maintenance, preventing fuel tank explosions (such as the probable cause of TWA 800) child safety, and Support for Family Members. Brief NADA/F Business meeting: Election of 2004 Board Members, financial report, and adopting Goals 2004.
• For those who stayed, our Irish Tenor Trio capped off a fun Sunday evening with "Oh, Danny Boy." Thanks to Tom O'Mara, Jack Murphy, and Kerry Felski for the great entertainment!

For a recap of the 2002 Annual Meeting click here.

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