Tuesday, October 25, 2011

9/11 widows shun spotlight as 10th anniversary of attacks approaches

The "Jersey Girls" who fought for a credible investigation into the attacks of September 11 have made their lives

the many faces and names that appear after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, few were more evocative to Americans as the "Jersey Girls".

were four women in New Jersey, whose husbands died in the tragedy and continued to campaign for a national commission of inquiry into the attacks. By going to win his fight to be heard in Washington, the four become powerful representatives of the victims of 9 / 11. But now, as America prepares for the tenth anniversary of the attacks of emotional Jersey Girls seem to have adopted a new life away from media attention. It will keep your private pain.

"I do not define my life as a widow. I feel that I will not let me define why I spent the 9 / 11. It is healthier for me. My husband left and he did not return, "said Kristen Breitweiser, 40, the

Observer

in an interview. Breitweiser said she would spend the anniversary comes 12 year old daughter with her. "Take a walk along the beach," he said.

These sentiments were echoed by other Jersey Girl Lorie Van Auken, 56, who spend the day watching his daughter appears in a concert in New York. "Life goes on," he said.

For many years the Jersey Girls were the most open in the attacks. Each had lost a husband in the most terrible. Spouse Van Auken, Kenneth, was a bond trader at Cantor Fitzgerald and called his wife to tell her he loved, after a quick flight.

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Breitweiser, Ronald, was senior vice president of Fiduciary Trust International. Investigators found her wedding ring in the smoking ruins of the World Trade Center, but not much else. Patty Casazza husband, John, also worked at Cantor and was only 38 when he died. The last member of the quartet was Mindy Kleinberg, whose husband, Alan, was another employee of Cantor.

later forced to conduct a credible investigation. The four women ended up in front of people like former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (briefly the chair first) and acting as a kind of body control in the process, as evidenced by the case that the lives of their husbands. Tom Kean, New Jersey political support of the Commission, once said: "I doubt that we want to be in existence without them."

retrospect, however, both Van Auken Breitweiser and believes that his great battle for the Commission, pursuant to the left too much to do. After fighting so hard to get established, they became some of his fiercest critics. Van Auken spoke to many questions unanswered up trials, many of them in the final of the 2004 report and its reluctance to be too critical of government figures. This has led some critics to say she flirts with conspiracy theories, but insists only wants the truth. "It's just unanswered questions," he said.


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