The American Spirit
On September 11, thousands of Americans lost their lives to a senseless and cowardly act of terrorism and an entire nation mourned. However, these terrorites knew nothing about the American spirit.
They greatly underestimated our strength, resolve, and bravery.
We've met with disaster, but we've come together in the midst of adversity and found strength through one another.
We refuse to be beaten, bullied, or weakened by terrorists.And we are far from helpless.
We will stand together through this crisis, and we will heal.
We will raise our flag and let it fly high and victorio beneath the stars.
And we will emerge stronger than ever before,
united through our pride, our compassion, and our faith in God.
Partial list of those killed in Tuesday's terrorist attacks, according to family members, friends, co-workers and law enforcement. American Airlines Flight 11, Boston to Los Angeles, crashed into World Trade Center
CREW: - John Ogonowski, 52, Dracut, Mass., captain
- Thomas McGuinness, 42, Portsmouth, N.H., first officer
- Barbara Arestegui, 38, Marstons Mills, Mass., flight attendant
- Jeffrey Collman, flight attendant
- Sara Low, 28, Batesville, Ark., flight attendant
- Karen Martin, flight attendant
- Kathleen Nicosia, flight attendant
- Betty Ong, 45, Andover, Mass., flight attendant
- Jean Roger, 24, Longmeadow, Mass., flight attendant
- Dianne Snyder, 42, Westport, Mass., flight attendant
- Madeline Sweeney, 35, Acton, Mass., flight attendant
PASSENGERS: - Anna Williams Allison, 48, Stoneham, Mass., founder A2 Software Solutions
- David Angell, 54, Pasadena, Calif., executive producer, NBC's ``Frasier创
- Lynn Angell, Pasadena, Calif.
- Seima Aoyama
- Myra Aronson, 52, Charlestown, Mass., press and analyst relations manager
- Christine Barbuto, 32, Brookline, Mass., TJX Co.
- Berry Berenson, 53, Los Angeles, actress and photographer
- Carolyn Beug, 48, Los Angeles
- Carol Bouchard, 43, Warwick, R.I., Kent County Hospital emergency room secretaryv - Robin Caplin, Natick, Mass.
- Neilie Casey, 32, Wellesley, Mass., TJX Co.
- Jeffrey Coombs, 42, Abington, Mass., security analyst for Compaq
- Tara Creamer, 30, Worcester, Mass.
- Thelma Cuccinello, 71, Wilmot, N.H.
- Patrick Currivan
- Andrew Curry Green, 34, of Los Angeles
- Brian Dale, 43, Warren, N.J.
- David DiMeglio, Wakefield, Mass.
- Donald Ditullio, 49, Peabody, Mass., Smith and Nephew
- Albert Dominguez
- Alex Filipov, 70, Concord, Mass., electrical engineer
- Carol Flyzik, 40, Plaistow, N.H.
- Paul Friedman
- Karleton D.B. Fyfe, 31, Brookline, Mass., John Hancock
- Peter Gay, 54, Tewksbury, Mass., Raytheon Co. plant manager
- Linda George, 27, Westboro, Mass., TJX Co.
- Edmund Glazer, 41, Los Angeles, chief financial officer, MRV Communications
- Lisa Fenn Gordenstein, 41, Needham, Mass., TJX Co.
- Paige Farley Hackel, 46, Newton, Mass., spiritual counselor
- Peter Hashem, 40, Tewksbury, Mass., salesman
- Robert Hayes
- Ted Hennessey, 35, Belmont, Mass., consultant
- John Hofer
- Cora Holland, 52, Sudbury, Mass., Sudbury Food Pantry at Our Lady of Fatima Church
- Nicholas Humber, 60, Newton, Mass., owner of Brae Burn Management
- John Jenkins
- Charles Jones, 48, Bedford, Mass., computer programmer
- Robin Kaplan, 33, Westboro, Mass., TJX Co.
- Barbara Keating, 72, Palm Springs, Calif.
- David Kovalcin, 42, Hudson, N.H.
- Judy Larocque, 50, Framingham, Mass., founder and CEO of research firm Market Perspectives
- Jude Larson, 31, Los Angeles
- Natalie Larson, Los Angeles
- N. Janis Lasden, 46, Peabody, Mass., General Electric
- Daniel John Lee, 34, Los Angeles
- Daniel C. Lewin, 31, co-founder of Akamai Technologies
- Susan MacKay, 44, Westford, Mass., TJX Co.
- Chris Mello, 25, Boston, analyst
- Jeff Mladenik, 43, Hinsdale, Ill., interim president at E-Logic
- Antonio Montoya
- Carlos Montoya
- Laura Lee Morabito, 34, Framingham, Mass., national sales manager for Qantas Airways
- Mildred Naiman, Andover, Mass.
- Laurie Neira
- Renee Newell, 37, Cranston, R.I., American Airlines customer service agent
- Jacqueline Norton, 60, Lubec, Maine, retiree
- Robert Norton, 82, Lubec, Maine, retiree
- Jane Orth, 49, Haverhill, Mass., retired from Lucent Technology
- Thomas Pecorelli, 31, Los Angeles, cameraman for Fox Sports and E! Entertainment Television
- Bernthia Perkins, 53, Wellfleet, Mass., actress and photographer
- Sonia Morales Puopolo, 58, Dover, Mass., former ballet dancer
- David Retik, Needham, Mass.
- Philip Rosenzweig, Acton, Mass., executive with Sun Microsystems
- Richard Ross, 58, Newton, Mass. the Ross Group
- Jessica Sachs, 22, Billerica, Mass., accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Heather Smith, 30, Boston, Beacon Capital Partners
- Douglas Stone, 54, Dover, N.H.
- Xavier Suarez
- Michael Theodoridis, 32, Boston, consultant
- James Trentini, 65, Everett, Mass., retired teacher and assistant principal
- Mary Trentini, 67, Everett, Mass., retired secretary
- Mary Wahlstrom, 75, Kaysville, Utah
- Kenneth Waldie, 46, Methuen, Mass., Raytheon Co.
- John Wenckus, 46, Torrance, Calif., tax consultant
- Candace Lee Williams, 20, Danbury, Conn., student
- Christopher Zarba, 47, Hopkinton, Mass., software engineer at Concord Communications United Airlines Flight 175, Boston to Los Angeles, crashed into World Trade Center
CREW: - Victor J. Saracini, 51, Lower Makefield Township, Pa., captain
- Michael Horrocks, Hershey, Pa., first officer - Robert Fangman, flight attendant
- Amy Jarret, 28, North Smithfield, R.I., flight attendant
- Amy King, flight attendant
- Kathryn Laborie, flight attendant
- Alfred Marchand, 44, Alamogordo, N.M., flight attendant
- Michael Tarrou, flight attendant
- Alicia N. Titus, 28, San Francisco, flight attendant
PASSENGERS: - Alona Avraham, 30, Ashdod, Israel
- Garnet ``Ace创 Bailey, 53, Lynnfield, Mass., director of pro scouting, Los Angeles Kings
- Mark Bavis, 31, West Newton, Mass., Los Angeles Kings scout
- Graham Berkeley, 37, Wellesley, Mass.
- Touri Bolourchi, 69, Beverly Hills, Calif.
- Klaus Bothe, 31, chief of development, BCT Technology AG, Germany
- Daniel Brandhorst, 42, Los Angeles, PriceWaterhouse lawyer
- David Brandhorst, 3, Los Angeles
- John Cahill, Wellesley, Mass.
- Christoffer Carstanjen, 33, Turner Falls, Mass., computer research specialist at University of Massachusetts
- John ``Jay创 Corcoran, 44, Norwell, Mass., merchant marine
- Dorothy Dearaujo, 82, Long Beach, Calif.
- Gloria de Barrera
- Lisa Frost, 22, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., sales and marketing associate
- Ronald Gamboa, 33, Los Angeles, Gap store manager
- Lynn Goodchild, 25, Attleboro, Mass., Putnam Investments
- Francis Grogan, 76, Easton, Mass., priest at Holy Cross Church
- Carl Hammond, 37, Boston
- Peter Hanson, 32, Groton, Mass., software salesman
- Susan Hanson, 35, Groton, Mass., student
- Christine Hanson, 3, Groton, Mass.
- Gerald F. Hardacre, 62, of Carlsbad, Calif.
- Eric Hartono, 20, Boston
- James E. Hayden, 47, Westford, Mass., chief financial officer of Netegrity Inc.
- Robert Jalbert, 61, Swampscott, Mass., salesman
- Ralph Kershaw, 52, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass., marine surveyor
- Heinrich Kimmig, 43, chairman of BCT Technology AG, Germany
- Brian Kinney, 29, Lowell, Mass., PriceWaterhouse Cooper auditor
- Robert LeBlanc, 70, Lee, N.H., professor emeritus of geography, University of New Hampshire
- Maclovio ``Joe创 Lopez Jr., 41, Norwalk, Calif.
- Marianne MacFarlane
- Louis Neil Mariani, 59, Derry, N.H.
- Juliana Valentine McCourt, 4, New London, Conn.
- Ruth McCourt, 45, New London, Conn.
- Wolfgang Menzel, 60, personnel manager, BCT Technology AG, Germany
- Shawn Nassaney, 25, Pawtucket, R.I., American Power Conversion
- Patrick Quigley, 40, Wellesley, Mass., partner at PriceWaterhouse Cooper
- Frederick Rimmele, Marblehead, Mass., physician
- James M. Roux, 43, Portland, Maine, lawyer
- Jesus Sanchez, 45, Hudson, Mass., off-duty flight attendant
- Kathleen Shearer, Dover, N.H.
- Robert Shearer, Dover, N.H.
- Jane Simpkin, 35, Wayland, Mass.
- Brian D. Sweeney, 38, Barnstable, Mass., business consultant
- Timothy Ward, 38, San Diego, information technology project manager, Rubio's Restaurants
- William Weems, 46, Marblehead, Mass., commercial producer American Airlines Flight 77, Washington to Los Angeles, crashed into Pentagon
CREW: - Charles Burlingame, 51, Virginia, captain
- David Charlebois, Washington, first officer
- Michele Heidenberger, 57, Chevy Chase, Md., flight attendant
- Jennifer Lewis, 38, Culpeper, Va., flight attendant
- Kenneth Lewis, 49, Culpeper, Va., flight attendant
- Renee May, 39, Baltimore, flight attendant
PASSENGERS: - Dr. Paul Ambrose, 32, physician
- Yeneneh Betru, 35, Burbank, Calif., director of medical affairs for hospital services company IPC
- MJ Booth
- Bernard Brown, 11, student, Leckie Elementary School in Washington
- Suzanne Calley, 42, San Martin, Calif., employee of Cisco Systems Inc.
- William E. Caswell, 54, Silver Spring, Md., physicist, Navy
- Sarah Clark, 65, Columbia, Md., sixth-grade teacher, Backus Middle School in Washingtonv
- Zandra Cooper, Annandale, Va.
- Asia Cottom, 11, student, Backus Middle School in Washington
- James Debeuneure, 58, Upper Marlboro, Md., fifth-grade teacher, Ketcham Elementary School in Washington
- Rodney Dickens, 11, student, Ketcham Elementary School in Washington
- Eddie Dillard
- Charles Droz, 52, Springfield, Va., vice president for software development, EM Solutions Inc.
- Barbara G. Edwards, 58, Las Vegas, teacher, Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas
- Charles S. Falkenberg, 45, University Park, Md., director of research at ECOlogic Corp.
- Zoe Falkenberg, 8, University Park, Md.
- Dana Falkenberg, 3, University Park, Md.
- James Joe Ferguson, 39, District of Columbia, education outreach director of National Geographic (news - web sites) Society
- Wilson ``Bud创 Flagg, 63, Millwood, Va., retired Navy admiral and retired American Airlines pilot
- Darlene ``Dee创 Flagg, 63, Millwood, Va.
- Richard Gabriel
- Ian Gray, 55, Washington, president of healthcare consulting firm
- Stanley Hall, 68, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. - Bryan Jack, 48, Alexandria, Va., senior
executive at Defense Department
- Steven D. ``Jake创 Jacoby, 43, Alexandria, Va., chief operating officer, Metrocall Inc.
- Ann Judge, 49, Great Falls, Va., National Geographic Society travel office manager
- Chandler Keller, 29, Boeing propulsion engineer in El Segundo, Calif.
- Yvonne Kennedy
- Norma Khan, 45, Reston, Va., manager of a nonprofit organization
- Karen A. Kincaid, 40, lawyer with Wiley Rein & Fielding in Washington
- Norma Langsteuerle
- Dong Lee, 48, Leesburg, Va., engineer, Boeing Inc.
- Dora Menchaca, 45, Santa Monica, Calif., associate director of clinical research for biotech firm
- Christopher Newton, 38, Ashburn, Va., executive, WorkLife Benefits
- Barbara Olson, 45, TV commentator and lawyer
- Ruben Ornedo, 39, Los Angeles, Boeing propulsion engineer
- Robert Penniger, 63, Poway, Calif., electrical engineer, BAE Systems
- Robert R. Ploger III, 59, Annandale, Va., software architect, Lockheed Martin Corp.
- Lisa Raines, 42, senior vice president of biotechnology firm
- Todd Reuben, 40, Potomac, Md., tax and business lawyer
- John Sammartino, 37, Annandale, Va., technical manager, XonTech Inc.
- Yang Shuyin, Beijing, China - Diane Simmons
- George Simmons
- Mari-Rae Sopper, 35, Santa Barbara, Calif., women's gymnastics coach, UC Santa Barbara - Robert Speisman, 47, Irvington, N.Y., diamond industry salesman
- Hilda Taylor, sixth grade teacher at Leckie Elementary School in Washington
- Leonard Taylor, 44, Reston, Va., technical group manager, XonTech Inc.
- Sandra Teague, 31, a physical therapist at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington - Leslie A. Whittington, 45, University Park, Md., Georgetown University professor
- John Yamnicky, 71, Waldorf, Md.
- Vicki Yancey, 44, Springfield, Va., employee of defense contractor Vredenburg
- Zheng Yuguang, Beijing, China United Airlines Flight 93, Newark, N.J., to San Francisco, crashed in rural southwest Pennsylvania
CREW:
- Jason Dahl, 43, Denver, captain
- Leroy Homer, Marlton, N.J., first officer
- Lorraine Bay, flight attendant
- Sandra Bradshaw, 38, Greensboro, N.C., flight attendant
- Wanda Green, flight attendant
- CeeCee Lyles, Fort Myers, Fla., flight attendant
- Deborah Welsh, flight attendant
PASSENGERS: - Christian Adams
- Todd Beamer, 32, of Cranbury, N.J., account manager, Oracle Corp.
- Alan Beaven, 48, Oakland, Calif., environmental lawyer
- Marion Britton
- Thomas E. Burnett Jr., 38, San Ramon, Calif., senior executive of medical research company
- William Cashman
- Georgine Corrigan
- Joseph Deluca
- Patrick Driscoll
- Edward Felt, 41, Matawan, N.J.
- Colleen Fraser
- Andrew Garcia, 62, Portola Valley, Calif.
- Jeremy Glick, 31, West Milford, N.J.
- Lauren Grandcolas, 36, San Rafael, Calif. sales worker at Good Housekeeping magazine
- Donald F. Greene, 52, Greenwich, Conn.
- Linda Gronlund
- Richard Guadagno, 38, Eureka, Calif., Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge manager, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Toshiya Kuge
- Waleska Martinez
- Nicole Miller, 21, San Jose, student, West Valley College
- Mark Rothenberg
- Christine Snyder, 32, Kailua, Hawaii
- John Talignani
- Honor Wainio World Trade Center:
- Ray Downey, New York firefighter, chief of special operations command
- William Feehan, First Deputy Commissioner of Fire Department
- Peter Ganci, Fire Department chief
- The Rev. Mychal Judge, 68, Fire Department chaplain
- Yamel Merino, 24, Yonkers, N.Y., emergency medical technician Pentagon:
- Terry Lynch, consultant for New York's Booz-Allen & Hamilton and former Congressional staffer
- Lt. Gen. Timothy Maude, 53, Fort Myer, Va., Army's deputy chief of staff for personnel
In addition to confirmed deaths, the Defense Department has issued this list of people unaccounted for following the attack at the Pentagon.
NAVY:
-Yeoman Second Class Melissa Rose Barnes, 27, Redlands, Calif.
-Information Systems Technician Second Class Kris Romeo Bishundat, 23, Waldorf, Md.
-Electronics Technician Third Class Christopher Lee Burford, 23, Hubert, N.C.
-Electronics Technician Third Class Daniel Martin Caballero, 21, Houston.
-Lt. Eric Allen Cranford, 32, Drexel, N.C.
-Capt. Gerald Francis Deconto, 44, Sandwich, Mass.
-Information Systems Technician First Class Johnnie Doctor Jr., 32, Jacksonville, Fla.
-Cmdr. Robert Edward Dolan, 43, Florham Park, N.J.
-Cmdr. William Howard Donovan Jr., 37, Nunda, N.Y.
-Cmdr. Patrick Dunn, 39, Fords, N.J.
-Aerographer's Mate First Class Edward Thomas Earhart, 26, Salt Lick, Ky.
-Lt. Cmdr. Robert Randolph Elseth, 37, of Vestal, N.Y.
-Storekeeper Third Class Jamie Lynn Fallon, 23, Woodbridge, Va.
-Aerographer's Mate Second Class Matthew Michael Flocco, 21, of Newark, Del.
-Capt. Lawrence Daniel Getzfred, 57, of Elgin, Neb.
-Electronics Technician First Class Ronald John Hemenway, 37, of Shawnee, Kan.
-Lt. Michael Scott Lamana, 31, of Baton Rouge, La.
-Operations Specialist Second Class Nehamon Lyons IV, 30, of Mobile, Ala.
-Electronics Technician Second Class Brian Anthony Moss, 34, of Sperry, Okla.
-Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Jude Murphy, 38, of Flossmoor, Ill.
-Illustrator/Draftsman Second Class Michael Allen Noeth, 30, of Jackson Heights, N.Y.
-Lt. Jonas Martin Panik, 26, of Mingoville, Pa.
-Lt. j.g. Darin Howard Pontell, 26, of Columbia, Md.
-Aviation Warfare Systems Operator First Class Joseph John Pycior Jr., 39, of Carlstadt, N.J.
-Information Systems Technician First Class Marsha Dianah Ratchford, 34, of Prichard, Ala.
-Cmdr. Robert Allan Schlegel, 38, of Gray, Maine.
-Cmdr. Dan Frederic Shanower, 40, of Naperville, Ill .
-Chief Information Systems Technician Gregg Harold Smallwood, 44, of Overland Park, Kan.
-Lt. Cmdr. Otis Vincent Tolbert, 38, of Lemoore, Calif.
-Lt. Cmdr. Ronald James Vauk, 37, of Nampa, Idaho.
-Lt. Cmdr. David Lucian Williams, 32, of Newport, Ore.
-Information Systems Technician Second Class Kevin Wayne Yokum, 27, of Lake Charles, La.
-Chief Information Systems Technician Donald McArthur Young, 41, of Roanoke, Va.
NAVY CIVILIANS:
-Angela Houtz, 27, of La Plata, Md.
-Brady Howell, 26, of Arlington, Va.
-Judith Jones, 53, of Woodbridge, Va.
-James Lynch, no age given, of Manassas, Va.
-Capt. (Retired) Jack Punches, 51, of Clifton, Va.
NAVY CONTRACTORS:
-Julian Cooper, 39, of Springdale, Md.
-Jerry Moran, 39, Upper Marlboro, Md.
-Khang Nguyen, no age given, Fairfax, Va.
-Marvin Woods, 58, of Great Mills, Md.
