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By Jess PaniszczynMembers of the Las Colinas Asso-

ciation’s Common Property Department worked Sep. 8 to prepare the Flower Clock for the tenth anniversary of the ter-rorists’ attacks on Sep. 11, 2001.

“This weekend is a particularly special weekend in that it is the 10th anniversary of what was probably the most poignant episodes in the recent history of our coun-try,” said Rick Bidne, President of the Las Colinas Association. “Our staff wanted to do something to recognize the people who lost their lives, so they are putting in

one flag around the clock for every person who died on 9/11, and the clock will be set at 8:46 a.m. which was the time the first plane hit the tower in New York City on that morning.

“The flags are a reminder of how much we have to be grateful for in this country. It is a reminder that while we feel very safe and secure, we are very vulnerable. The clock has a very prominent location. It is a landmark both for Las Colinas and the city of Irving. Thousands of people see it every day.

10 YEARS AFTER

Garden of flags commemorates loss

Photos by John Starkey

Members of the Las Colinas Association’s Common Property Department substitute flags for flowers to honor the lives lost on 9/11/01.

Sculptor finishes 9/11 elegy, tribute

By Jess Paniszczyn

On Sep. 8, Larry Krantz, a Public Infor-mation Officer with the Texas Department of Transportation interviewed former Sec-retary of Transportation Norman Mineta. The following article contains excerpts from that interview.

“Among the millions of Americans who found themselves at a crossroads on the morning of September 11, 2001, few faced a tougher decision than then-Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, who in response to the hijacked airplanes crashing into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, took the unprecedented steps of grounding all domestic air traffic in the United States, and diverting all incoming international air traffic to Canada,” Krantz said. “In the days that followed, Mineta was charged with looking forward and improving the secu-rity of the nation’s transportation. For more on his role on that fateful day, I spoke with Secretary Mineta, now Global Vice Chair-man at Hill and Knowlton in Washington, D.C.”

As the attacks were underway, Mineta

Mineta recalls 9/11 attacks and their impact on transportation

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Stress can and will get you downWe live in a very stressful society, and

seems like everyday, our lives are more stressful because of our surroundings.

Don’t let stress get you down, take a look at the stress in your life and do something about it.

A young lady confidently walked around the room while leading and explaining stress management to an audi-ence; with a raised glass of water, and everyone knew she was going to ask the ultimate question, ‘half empty or half full?’ She fooled them all... “How heavy is this glass of water?” she inquired with a smile.

Answers called out ranged from 8 oz. to 20 oz.

She replied, “The absolute weight doesn’t matter. It depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it

for a minute, that’s not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you’ll have to call an ambulance. In each case it’s the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.” She continued, “And that’s the way it is with stress. If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes increasingly heavy, we won’t be able to carry on.”

As with the glass of water, you have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again. When we’re refreshed, we can carry on with the burden - holding stress longer and better each time practiced.

So, as early in the evening as you can, put all your burdens down. Don’t carry them through the evening and into the night... pick them up tomor-row.

Whatever burdens you’re carrying now, let them down for a moment. Relax, pick them up later after you’ve rested. Life is short. Enjoy it and the now ‘supposed’ stress that you’ve conquered!”

Hey people, “Just Let It Go!” “I’ll see you in the terminals!”

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DFW International Airport earned a place on the U.S. Environmental Pro-tection Agency’s (EPA) National Top 50 list of partner organizations using the most renewable electricity to help reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions and protect human health. DFW Airport ranks at number 48 among the nation’s top purchasers of renewable energy, and ranks at number eight on the Top 20 Lo-cal Government purchasers list produced by the EPA. DFW is the highest ranked airport for green energy usage, and one of only two airports recognized by the EPA.

“Our Board and staff are committed to making DFW one of the greenest airports in the world, and using renew-able energy is a primary way to achieve that goal,” said Jeff Fegan, CEO for DFW Airport. “We are making a proac-tive choice to support cleaner renewable

energy alternatives, and move away from traditional sources where we can.”

DFW Airport is currently purchas-ing 87 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually from Cham-pion Energy Services, which amounts to enough green power to meet 30 percent of the Airport’s total electricity needs. DFW has increased its usage by 10 per-cent above the level of renewable energy purchased last year, as the Airport con-tinues to expand its use of clean energy.

“This new ranking shows that DFW is committed to increasing its efforts on sustainability and responsible environ-mental stewardship, but we are doing in a financially responsible way,” said Jim Crites, DFW Executive Vice President of Operations. “Thanks to our partner-ship with Champion Energy Services, DFW has increased its purchases of

green power from 20 to 30 percent with no cost impact to the Airport.”

According to the U.S. EPA, DFW’s green power purchase of 87 million kWh is equivalent to avoiding the carbon di-oxide (CO2) emissions from the burning of 4.8 million gallons of gasoline annu-ally or the CO2 emissions from the use of electricity in 5300 average American homes per year.

Green power is electricity that is gen-erated from renewable resources such as solar, wind, geothermal, biogas, biomass, and low-impact hydropower. Purchases of green power help accelerate the na-tion’s voluntary green power market and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful pollutants that threat-en Americans’ health from the power sector.

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EPA applauds airport’s green initiatives

The Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) recently announced Jane Gar-vey as its 2011 Glen A. Gilbert Memo-rial Award winner.

With 28 years of experience in avia-tion and transportation, Garvey, a former Administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration (1997 - 2002), is cur-rently the chairman of Meridiam Infra-structure North America.

ATCA will celebrate Garvey and her achievements at the Glen Gilbert Me-morial Award Banquet the evening of Oct. 5.

“Jane Garvey is one of the truly indis-pensable figures in American transporta-tion,” said U.S. Secretary of Transporta-tion Ray LaHood.

“Thanks to her long and distinguished work on both aviation and surface trans-portation, she has been an invaluable

resource for me at the Depart-ment of Trans-portation, and every American who flies on our world-class aviation sys-tem owes Jane a debt of grati-tude for her vi-sion and dedi-cation.”

The 14th Administrator of the FAA and the first to serve a five-year term, Garvey was nominated by President Clinton and confirmed by the U.S. Sen-ate in 1997. She led the nation’s aviation system into the 21st century and worked to restore America’s confidence in air travel after the events of Sep. 11, 2001.

“I am continually impressed with Jane’s unyielding pursuit of progress in aviation policy and safety,” said Peter F. Dumont, President and CEO of ATCA. “She is continually working to advance our community. Jane’s accomplishments and passion make her a worthy recipi-ent.”

The Glen A. Gilbert Memorial Award is the highest honor of the Air Traf-fic Control Association and one of the premier awards in aviation. It is awarded once a year to honor the outstanding, long-term achievement of an individual in the field of aviation.

The award is named after Glen A. Gilbert (1913 – 1982), who led the de-velopment of U.S. and international air traffic control when he wrote the first air traffic control manual.

Source: Air Traffic Control Association

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public intoxication9/2/11 Officers responded to the

gate area in the terminal in refer-ence to an intoxicated subject. Con-tact was made with the subject and an investigation was conducted. The subject was arrested.

D.W.i.9/3/11 at 11:16 p.m. An offi-

cer observed a vehicle in the 4200 block of S. International Parkway driving faster than the posted speed limit. The driver of the vehicle al-most struck the vehicle in front of him. The driver failed to maintain a single lane and was weaving within his lane. The officer stopped the driver. The officer could smell the strong odor of an alcoholic bever-age about the driver’s breath. The driver failed a field sobriety test and was placed under arrest for Driving While Intoxicated.

D.W.i.9/4/11 at 3:10 a.m. Officers ob-

served a vehicle traveling north in the 2300 block of North Service drive across center lines and drive in two lanes. The vehicle was speed-ing (50 MPH in a 35 MPH zone). A traffic stop was conducted and upon field sobriety testing the driv-er was determined to be intoxicated and was arrested for DWI.

outstanding Warrant9/5/11 Officers were dispatched

to Terminal D, Customs in refer-ence to an individual with an ac-tive arrest warrant. The suspect was identified and it was discovered he had an active warrant from the Tarrant County Sheriff ’s Office for DWI. The warrant was confirmed and the suspect was placed under arrest.

places Weapons prohibited9/6/11 at 4:48 a.m. DPS Officers

responded to Terminal E, TSA Se-curity Checkpoint 15 in reference to a checkpoint violation. Upon ar-rival, TSA advised the officers of a handgun found during a bag search. Responding officers determined a violation had occurred and placed the male passenger under arrest for Places Weapons Prohibited.

Criminal Trespass9/6/11 at 6:58 p.m. Officers

were summoned to the Lower Lev-el Roadway by entry D-30 in refer-ence to traffic congestion. While in route to the call, officers observed a White male wearing a green shirt and military style pants on the non-secure side near entry 21. Officers believed the man to be a subject who criminally trespassed from Terminal D property on 7/19/11. The person was identified as the subject with the Criminal Trespass warning and was taken into custody without incident.

outstanding Warrants9/7/11 at 4:44 p.m. Officer con-

ducted a traffic stop at Terminal E, Entry 17 on the Upper Level Roadway. An NCIC/TCIC check of the driver’s license revealed multiple warrants out of Plano PD. DFW DPS Communications confirmed the warrants: Plano PD Warrant, Speeding, $272 and Plano PD Warrant, Violation of Failure to Appear, $347. The driver was placed under arrest for the warrants.

Theft9/9/11 at 8:50 a.m. The report-

ing officer responded to Terminal C gate C33 and met with the Ter-minal C store manager for Au Bon

Pain. The manager advised at about 8 p.m., money was discovered miss-ing from the Terminal C gate C33 store’s safe and the Terminal C gate C21 store’s safe. The officer com-pleted an offense report for theft.

outstanding Warrant9/9/11 at 10:16 a.m. An officer

was dispatched to Immigrations area in reference to a warrant ser-vice. Upon arrival, the Customs Of-ficer informed the officer they were detaining a subject with an out of state warrant. The subject was ar-rested for the Warrant, Family Violence/Offense Bond $ 50,000 out of Tulare County SO, and was transported to DFW Jail for extra-dition.

places Weapons prohibited9/9/11 at 4:52 p.m. A Trans-

portation Security Administration (TSA) screener assigned to TSA checkpoint E33 requested assis-tance in reference to a checkpoint violation. The TSA screener further reported the violation was a passen-ger in possession of an expandable baton. Officers arrived on scene and determined a Places Weapons Prohibited offense was committed. The expandable baton was seized as evidence and the owner released on scene.

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FAA REACTION

The DFW Airport Department of Public Safety (DPS), together with its federal security partners, has completed an investigation in-volving a suspicious vehicle that was parked at Terminal B on the upper level roadway near gate B-38.

DPS officers discovered the ve-hicle about 2 p.m. on Sep. 11.

The vehicle in question was a large rented box truck, with a stunt vehicle on a trailer hitched to the truck. The truck driver had pulled up near the location where area volunteers greet the daily arrival of U.S. troops from the Middle East, as they come home for Rest and Recuperation.

DFW DPS responded with its Bomb Squad, canine units, Mobile Command Post and other assets af-ter an automatic rifle and a pistol were discovered onboard the truck.

The driver of the vehicle was

questioned by federal authorities, and was not found to pose a threat and subsequently released. The weapons found in the truck were determined to be legally registered and properly documented.

No charges will be filed in the case.

There was no impact to flight operations at DFW, either in the form of flight delays or cancella-tions. There was no impact on any sterile areas of Terminal B, and no impact to any of DFW’s other four passenger terminals.

The investigation resulted in a two-hour closure of the roadways leading to the northernmost sec-tion of Terminal B, and DPS agents set up a perimeter in the parking lot and roadway as a precaution.

DFW Airport has returned to normal operations.

Source: DFW International Airport

Suspicious vehicle investigated


By Maj. Kevin TonerThe 2nd Special Troops Bat-

talion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division memorial-ized the 10-year anniversary of the attacks on 9/11 through art.

The 2nd STB chain of command provided Staff Sgt. John Reyes the time and resources to paint a sculp-ture memorializing the attack.

Reyes, a squad leader in 2nd STB, spent about two weeks paint-ing two wooden towers.

“I took three years of art in high school,” said Reyes of Eagle Pass, TX. “My art teacher, Mr. Escobar, inspired me and let me use my imagination.”

He added, “I’ve always enjoyed drawing and I design tattoos as a hobby.”

The sculpture is of two towers, one wrapped in an American flag, and an angel enveloping the other. Above the angel is a scroll with, “United We Stand.”

“I chose the angel silhouette because it represents the fallen

soldiers and because the angel is watching over us,” said Reyes.

Since joining the Army, Reyes has regularly used his artistic skills. He has designed posters, paintings, and logos for the other units he’s been assigned to.

The towers are actually the product of two units. 4th Battal-ion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th In-fantry Division Soldiers built the wooden towers in September 2010. The battalion left the towers behind when 2nd STB replaced them in July 2011.

“I joined the Army to serve,” said Reyes. “Inspiration to paint the towers left here just came to me.”

Sculptor finishes 9/11 tribute

Nonagenarian sculptor, John Henry Waddell, has completed a monumental 30-figure bronze bas relief which took flight with the events of 9/11. An artist whose work spans nearly a century and depicts politics, humanity, the beauty of the individual and our struggle as humans to realize our best potential, Waddell pondered on how to articulate the un-fathomable in the work.

“It was after 9/11 that the figures in the relief started to rise. I thought, ‘They can fly. They will express a hope for a kind of release and freedom,’” Waddell said.

The 50-foot monument, which Wad-dell titled “Rising,” evolved over a period of 10 years. It depicts 29 bronze human figures captured in a moment of ascen-sion. Some figures are walking, some ris-ing, some flying, but on all levels there are figures reaching out to one another. A lone figure in the work watches the as-cent of the rest blurring the line between subject and object, and inviting the viewer as a joint witness to the unfolding experi-ence. The figures will be installed on a ver-tical surface, either free standing or part of an existing building.

“Like all of my work, it is inspired by the beauty and uniqueness of each human being. My vision is for a more compas-sionate and accepting world,” said Wad-dell.

Upon seeing “Rising” in 2009, Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Se-curity, advocated for its display in New York to Mayor Bloomberg.

“There is no need to reiterate the pro-found effect September 11 had on all Americans, or the range of deep feelings it elicited across our nation. But I wanted to bring to your attention this stirring piece,” Napolitano wrote.

Originally Waddell focused on placing “Rising” at the memorial site in NYC.

“The actual work has yet to be seen by anyone involved in the development of the Ground Zero site,” said Waddell.

He is open to other locations, as well, including the United Nations and sites both here and abroad.

“It would be gratifying to me to see this work in a place where many people could see it,” Waddell said. “For now, viewers are welcome to view ‘Rising’ at my studio.”

Source: John Henry Waddell

10 YEARS AFTER

By Senior Airman Jarad DentonThere are moments in history that will be

forever remembered. On Sep. 11, 2011 the world watched as four commercial passenger jet airliners, hijacked by al-Qaida affiliated terrorists, caused the single-most devastating act of terrorism on United States soil.

Ten years later, service members recall where they were and what they were do-ing when the twin towers fell, the Pentagon burned, and the passengers of United 93 took a stand.

These are but a few of the accounts:A U.S. Marine Corps lance corporal“I was in my sixth grade computer sci-

ence class,” said U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared Thompson, Combined Joint Task Force–Horn of Africa comptroller. “We were all trying to figure out what happened.”

Thompson said his school in Georgia was locked down after the World Trade Center South Tower fell at 9:59 a.m. He stayed in his class until the day ended, and he was able

to go home and watch the news with his par-ents.

“I didn’t really think about the terrorists,” Thompson said. “I thought about the people – the ones who died, and their families. I imag-ined how I would feel if it were my parents caught in the towers.”

A U.S. Air Force captainThe impact of the tragedy was no less

harsh for U.S. Air Force Capt. Malinda Sin-gleton, CJTF-HOA combat camera officer in charge. She was in her dorm room at North Carolina State University when the news broke.

“My suitemate came into my room, franti-cally talking on the phone to her boyfriend – who was in the Air Force,” she said. “He told her a plane had just hit the Pentagon.”

Singleton turned on the television in her room and watched the story unfold. She re-membered seeing a Falls Church, VA, ambu-lance on scene at the Pentagon.

“It hit me really hard to see that ambu-

lance on television,” she said. “I was born and raised in Falls Church.”

A U.S. Navy chief petty officerThe tragedy of Sep. 11 wasn’t just felt the

day the towers fell. It was felt a week prior and a continent away by U.S. Navy Chief Sharrie Shupien, CJTF-HOA coalition coordinator.

“I was working in London a week before Sep. 11,” she said. “A taxi driver arrived at my flat to take me to Heathrow airport for my trip back to California.”

Shupien said after she put her bags in his car she had to run upstairs to get additional luggage. The four flights of stairs to her flat gave the driver the time he needed to search her bags.

“I didn’t notice until we arrived at the air-port,” she said. “The entire car ride was un-comfortable.”

She said the driver, who stated he was from Afghanistan, kept questioning her about her job, role in the military and her personal life.

Commemorating 9/11 through art

Photo by Capt. Bonnie Hutchinson, 2nd Special Troops BattalionStaff Sgt. John Reyespainted two wooden towers to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. Reyes painted an American flag and angel on the towers to memorialize the heroes and those who passed on Sep. 11, 2001.

A time to remember

“I chose the angel silhouette because it represents the fallen

soldiers and because the angel is watching over us.”

— Staff Sgt. John Reyes

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After she arrived at the airport and saw her luggage had been searched, she walked in and informed the airport staff.

“They didn’t think anything of it,” she said. “The mindset back then was completely different. Peo-ple were much more trusting.”

A week later, Shupien was sit-ting at her home in California when the planes struck the Twin Towers.

“As soon as it happened I knew it wasn’t an accident,” she said. “I knew it was a terrorist attack and Afghanistan had been involved.”

A U.S. Army sergeantEven though the connection

between Afghanistan and Sep. 11 wasn’t proven until later, the shock of the events transcended borders - physical, racial and generational. U.S. Army Sgt. Johnathan Duncan, CJTF-HOA executive assistant to the command senior enlisted lead-er, remembered sitting in his high school freshman history class and watching the news after the first tower was struck.

“We were already watching the TV when the other tower got hit,” he said. “There was complete si-lence. Everyone just stared at the screen.”

Duncan said Sep. 11 didn’t im-pact his decision to join the military – he had already made up his mind to enlist long before. However, the events did have a lasting impact on his life in the military and the way

he viewed the world.“I remember my drill sergeant

asking everyone if they thought they wouldn’t go to war. Some people raised their hands,” he said. “He just laughed at them and said ‘you are all going. And some of you won’t come back.’”

To this day, Sgt. Duncan said he still sees evidence of Sep. 11 affect-ing people’s daily lives.

“The tragedy and loss of life didn’t just end with the people who died in the towers,” he said. “It continued on. The fact that we let it affect our daily lives gives power to terrorism. I think we should re-member Sep. 11, 2001, reflect on it and how our mindset was forever changed. By doing that we can en-sure that day never, ever happens again.”

By Mary Harp Shankles

Qantas Airlines’ Running Club came to the World Airline Road Race 2011 to remember, Laura Lee Morabito and Albert Dominiguez during the Memorial Ceremony at the 9/11 International Flight Me-morial in Grapevine. Laura Lee Morabito worked for Qantas in sales in the Boston Region while

Albert Dominiguez was a bag-gage handler due to retire, in Sid-ney, Australia, in just a few more months.

“I was a close friend and Albert was best remembered as a cham-pion bicyclist and soccer player, not just at work as a baggage handler for Qantas Airlines,” said Paul De-mott.

Tim Garvey and Judy remem-bered Laura Lee Morabito for be-ing a great people person and pro-fessional as a Qantas representative in Boston. Never slack, always quick to help out in the most dif-ficult situations. If she didn’t know the answer, she would help find the answer.

“We are here because we know

that this could have happened to anyone of us,” Bernard Chidgey from Christ Church New Zealand said. “We are family. We are united in one mission and one cause - that is why we come together once a year. We must. We are strengthened

and encouraged. In our part of the globe, all of us in the airline indus-try wonder what we could have done better. If there was anything we could do to have kept it from happening. There are no second chances.”

10 YEARS AFTER

MemoriesContinued from previous page

Qantas Airlines remembers two of their own


was taken to the Presidential Emer-gency Operations Center, a bunker located under the White House’ East Wing, where he continued to follow the unfolding events of the day.

“The phone on my left I set up with my office, and the phone on my right I set up with the FFA Operations Center,” Mineta said. “I said ‘don’t hang up. Keep the line open.’ We were trying to get an assessment of what was hap-pening. We were having everybody check with all the airlines to learn whether or not they knew where all there planes were. There were about seven or eight planes that the air-lines could not account for and the FFA didn’t know where they were.

“A young man came in and said there was a plane coming towards Washington, DC. In my office, I had a monitor with an outline of the 50 states and all of these dots. If I took my mouse and put it on a dot, a flag would come up giving me everything anyone would want to know about that airplane. The in-formation comes off the transpon-der on the airplane. I was told the transponder on this airplane had been turned off, so the only thing they were following was the blip on the radar. Every so often I’d ask, ‘where is it?’

“Where is it? Pentagon City. Where is it now? Between Pen-tagon City and National Airport. Where is it now? Oops. What do you mean – oops? What happened? We just lost the target. Where did you lose it? Somewhere between the Pentagon and National Airport.

“About that time, someone breaks into the phone call, and says ‘Mr. Secretary, we just got a call from an Arlington County Po-lice Officer, saying he just saw an American Airlines’ plane go into the Pentagon.’

“I said, ‘Maybe we’d better bring all the planes down just to get an accounting of where we are.’

“At that time, we had 4,638 air-planes in the air. He said, ‘We will bring the planes down per pilot discretion.’ I said, ‘(Expletive) pi-

lot discretion. I want all the planes down right away.’

“In two hours and twenty min-utes, they got all those airplanes on the ground safely and without incident. We did know of course about the plane that went down in Shanksville, PA.

Even in the midst of chaos, the fearlessness of those who rushed to help the victims shone brightly during that terrible day.

“The valor of the first respond-ers on that day, and everyone else who volunteered or came forward is something I will always remember,” Mineta said. “Here we had the larg-

est loss of life – greater than Pearl Harbor. This is an incident that we have to forever keep in mind and make sure nothing like this ever happens again.

“The whole issue of how to take care of security changed on Sep. 11. Once we had grounded the planes, the question was when we let the airplanes back up, what is going to be the security regiment. Congress passed the Transportation Security Act on Nov. 17, 2001, and there were 36 mandates in that law. The two biggest mandates were Nov. 17, 2002 when we were required to have passenger screeners at all 429 commercial airports. The other big day was Dec. 31, when we were go-ing to be required to have Explosive Detection Systems at all commer-cial airports.

“We didn’t really know how to line up people at the airports, so I called Disney World and asked if they could help us. They loaned us executives to help us establish these lines. The interesting thing was one of them commented, ‘Once you’ve seen an airport, you’ve seen one airport.’ You couldn’t take a stan-dard approach and have it apply at DFW, San Francisco, O’Hare, Atlanta or wherever, because each

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“The President said, ‘We have those same concerns. We don’t want to have happen today what hap-pened to Norm in 1942.’

“When we were determining the regiment by which security would take place at the top of our list, was ‘no racial profiling.’ Behav-ioral profiling – yes. That came out of my own experience. There was a very clear message from the Presi-dent that he was not going to toler-ate any actions against people based on what they looked like rather than on their behavior.”

“What is your opinion of what the TSA has become today,” Krantz asked.

“We have to get it right every time. Terrorist only have to get it right once. With all of the secu-rity measures, people are inconve-nienced. They don’t like pat downs.

On the other hand, we haven’t had a major incident of any kind. So I think that has proven the value and worth of the Transportation Secu-rity Administration.

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Community Relations Manager for the association, Kathrine Pen-nington, aided in the planting of the flags.

“We are commemorating the 2,740 Americans who were killed in the 9/11 attacks,” Pennington said. “It was just a perfect time for a seasonal change, and we thought why not put flags instead of flowers.

“Being a part of this is probably the most exciting thing I’ve done this year. It is really thrilling.”

People passing by the clock ex-pressed their appreciation for the flags.

“We’ve had people honking, giving thumbs up, and waving all morning long,” said Darla McDan-iel, Landscape Supervisor for the association.

The Las Colinas Association’s Flower Clock is located at inter-section of John Carpenter Free-way (State Highway 114) and O’Connor Boulevard.

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Grapevine memorial draws aviation workers, family and friendsBy Mary Harp Shankles

The morning began at 7:30 a.m. with the lowering of the flag at the 9/11 Flight Crew Memorial Plaza in Grapevine.

Airline crews, representing over 52 airlines, were present, some nod-ding in agreement to comments by representatives from the Allied Pilots Association and the Associa-tion of Professional Flight Atten-dants. At 7:46 a.m., the same time as the impact of the first flight into the first tower of the World Trade Center, the Grapevine Fire Depart-ment sounded the bell. There was much respect from all in attendance to honor the memory of the uni-formed men and women who lost their lives.

Throughout the day, the Long-horn Council, Circle Ten Coun-cil and local boy scouts took turns standing post at the Flight Crew Memorial Plaza. People came from every walk of life to pay tribute to the fire, police and flight crews of 9/11. Solemn, quiet, the foot traf-fic would be many, a crowd or from time to time, just a few. All of the same accord, respect for men, wom-en and families everywhere who had a hero who served America on Sep. 11, 2001.

All this was made more poi-gnant by looking at the dais lined with 50 miniature flags and just below the statues, where the marble forms a narrow shelf, encircling the pedestal, were flowers that had been placed by the Hill School stu-dents last Friday. The students and their teachers proudly walked to the Flight Crew Memorial Plaza to place their tributes of honor, in-cluding letters they had written to the families of those who served at 9/11.

Meanwhile for this year only, the World Airline Road Race 2011, WARR 2011, set their world airline road race specifically to commemo-rate 9/11. The beneficiaries of the

event will be the 9/11 Memorial Foundation Texas and the Search One Rescue Team. Over 52 air-lines attended by more than 3000 representatives from around the globe, began arriving Thursday for the WARR 2011’s 30th year with another three day event.

There was a 5K, 10K and a One Mile Remembrance Run and Dog Walk, titled Running with the Big Dogs, held at Meadowmere Park.

The 9/11 Memorial Foundation Texas, a non-profit foundation, is now working on the construction of a bronze and granite life-sized sculpture to honor the 343 FDNY firefighters that were killed in 9/11. The Foundation had a prototype of the sculpture with every name en-graved on it at the Plaza.

The Search One Rescue Team is a non-profit canine unit stationed in Lewisville. The team is made-up of volunteers that assist govern-mental agencies in searching for lost or missing persons.

Diana Dunn, Event Planner for the Flight Crew Memorial, per-sonally knew one of those whose name is engraved on the memorial: Betty Ong. She and Betty were new friends, having known each other only 8 or 9 months. As fellow flight attendants, they had flown togeth-er before Betty Ong’s last flight, Flight 11.

As the evening came to the last of commemorating with memorials

on this, the 10th anniversary, once more the plaza, the surrounding sidewalks, the parking lot and the walkways were filled by the crowd who came together with hushed tones of awe and expectation was the feeling among so many while standing shoulder to shoulder in the crowd, as the flag lowering cer-emony was open to the public.

Shirley Hall, Event Coordinator for the 9/11 Memorial Foundation Texas opened the ceremony and introduced the speakers. Danny Macchio, Assistant Chaplain of the Grapevine Police Department, gave the prayer. He commented that ‘no greater love has any man than he that lays down his life for another.’

The U.S Honor Flag was brought in after flying earlier in the day over the rubble at Ground Zero, the World Trade Center of New York City, before ending the day on its international journey at the Flight Crew Memorial Plaza, introduced by First Officer Howie Shack, Airlines Pilot Association. The U.S Honor Flag was carried into space aboard the shuttle At-lantis before beginning it’s ongoing national and international jour-ney as a symbol of honor to those who have sacrificed their lives to serve others. Having flown in many towns and cities across the United States, its international destinations where it had previously been flown were in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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The analysis shows that global airline capacity has grown on average 3.1 percent per year since 1979, and that air travel is largely immune to regionalised events such as natural disasters, conflicts, and fuel price spikes. In fact, in the vast majority of crises, there was a negligible impact in global airline capacity, and at a regional level capacity dropped less than 4 percent and recovered within three months.

“The OAG World Crisis Analysis shows how quickly the avia-tion industry responds and adapts in the face of almost any disas-ter, which is reassuring news for world markets and the ancillary industries that depend on aviation,” said Peter von Moltke, Chief Executive Officer of UBM Aviation. “Informed by sound histori-cal data and analytics that provide a reliable picture of how external factors affect passenger demand, airlines are able to quickly adjust their flight capacities based on market needs, thus mitigating the impact of crises.”

Major findings of the report include:From 1979 to Sep. 11, 2001, world airline capacity was steadily

increasing at an average of 5 percent, or 94 million seats, per year.Since the 9/11 World Trade Centre attacks, world capacity has

steadily grown an average of 2.6 percent, or 81 million seats, per year.

The World Trade Centre attacks in 2001 and the Global Bank-ing crisis of 2008-2009 are the only two events since 1979 that caused significant decreases in global air capacity, averaging a 3 percent and 9 percent drop in capacity and recovering within 36 months and 24 months respectively.

Regionalized events such as the Gulf Wars, swine flu and vol-canic eruptions caused on average less than a 4 percent drop in regional airline capacity that recovered within three months or less, with a negligible impact on global capacity.

Continued growth in air capacity is being driven mainly by

Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, Middle East and China, where growth of the middle class and personal wealth is contributing to increased air travel demand.

“After analyzing OAG’s capacity data from the last three de-cades, we were astonished at the airline industry’s resiliency in times of crisis. One would have thought that tragic events in recent years would have dramatically affected air travel capacity for long periods of time, but that simply has not been the case, with only the World Trade Centre attacks and Global Banking crises causing major disruptions,” said Mario Hardy, Vice President – Asia Pa-cific, UBM Aviation. “Difficult lessons learned from past tragedies have been taken to heart and put to good use by the aviation indus-try, which is poised to continue growing for the foreseeable future.”

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Delta had previously announced its plan to expand the number of Delta aircraft, which currently includes its entire domes-tic fleet of more than 550 aircraft, with on-board Wi-Fi to an additional 250 regional jet aircraft operated by Delta Connection carriers. Delta will be the first carrier to de-ploy Wi-Fi across its entire mainline and two-class regional fleet, a total of more than 800 aircraft.

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I am a fan of authors like Stephen King, be-cause they have a way of capturing human be-havior that makes it even scarier than the crea-tures we do not see lurking in the dark. The way people in the book or on the screen react to the terror is often far more disturbing. Granted the new Sci-fi thriller, Contagion, is in no way a hor-

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