Wow. Interesting fate (Buffalo plane crash)

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29176877/

9/11 widow among victims of crash near Buffalo
Beverly Eckert was flying to her hometown to mark late husband's birthday

msnbc.com news services
updated 2 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - One of the victims of Thursday night's fiery plane crash in New York state, Beverly Eckert, was a Sept. 11 widow who put the never-ending grief over the death of her husband to good use to make the country safer.

"We know she was on that plane and now she's with him," Eckert's sister, Sue Borque, told The Buffalo News.

Just last week, Eckert was at the White House with Barack Obama, part of a meeting the president had with relatives of those killed in the 2001 attacks and the bombing of the USS Cole to discuss how the new administration would handle terror suspects.

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That's sad. I can't imagine how her family feels right now.

[Charger_Fan]

Yeah, I thought it was pretty ironic when I heard that news on the radio this morning. I would imagine that this is sort of bittersweet for the rest of her family, since her grief over her hubby was never-ending.

[69bronzeT5]

Wow, that's creepy

[F6Bee]

Real sad.  I live about 1 mile from the crash.  Heard a couple booms, then the sirens going off, 49 passengers and 1 person in the house lost their lives.  Thoughts are with everybody.

Rick.

[Mike DC]

One of the "Titanic" survivors also survived the sinking of the "Britannic" too.  (Brit was one of the twin-sister ships of the Titanic.)

[mikepmcs]

I thought she was going back to award a scholarship in her husband's name.

Terrible to say the least.

Why do you think this crash is getting more attention than other catastrophic crashes in the past?  Is it me or is this one getting more media coverage and making the passengers stand out?  I feel terrible about it no doubt, but I was just wondering if anyone has noticed this as well?

[Ghoste]

I noticed it too, I think its just because its been a slow news week.  Not enough deaths in the Middle East to make that spectacular for the news buzzards anymore and the Obama thing is over, we are all feeling the pinch formt eh worldwide crash that the media did their best to accelerate.  This plane crash was the best bone they had.  It dilutes the true tragedy of it when they do that.