Larry lost his mother Anne on TWA Flight 800
“As mentors, we are not going to relieve or eliminate anothers loss or grieving, but we can be the person who says, I am here, I care. and that means an awful lot.”
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Thank you, ACCESS!
Lisa lost her fiancé in a private aircraft
“The ACCESS Volunteer Grief Mentor Training conference gave me the knowledge and tools to help me with my work. As delicate as it is to talk to someone going through grief it is vital to be trained in order to help. Thank you, ACCESS!”
Posted in Testimonials
ACCESS launches first book
The significant anniversaries this year inspired me to launch our first ACCESS book, Surviving Sudden Loss: Stories from those who have lived it, to share what has worked at ACCESS with the world. We have found that learning about anothers journey through grief can provide a unique comfort to others experiencing loss. With a foreword written by Mayor Rudy Giuliani, this book contains 28 firsthand accounts of grief and survival in the wake of the sudden loss of a loved…
Posted in Our Newsletter
Supporting each other 15 years after TWA Flight 800
Larry lost his mother on TWA Flight 800
“Over the years many have become members of ACCESS and have been volunteer grief mentors for victims of other air disasters. I feel very privileged to be a part of ACCESS grief mentor program. By mentoring others, I am able to be a supportive listener to those going through a similar event.”
Posted in Our Newsletter, Testimonials
Grief has no timeline
Julie lost her husband Brian, 38, on United Flight 175 on 9/11
“I am so proud to be a part of ACCESS “ a group of survivors who come closest to understanding the tragedy of losing a loved one in an airline disaster, because we all have been there.”
Posted in Our Newsletter, Testimonials
JetBlue Airways Director receives ACCESS Compassion Award
Penny Neferis, Director of Emergency Response & Care at JetBlueAirways, received the ACCESS Compassion Award for her commitment to disaster preparedness
Posted in Our Newsletter
The 12th Anniversary of TWA 800
Submitted by John & Eleanor Seaman
For brief moments the doomed airliner continued in flight into the now darkening eastern sky. Then, in what onlookers would describe as a sudden fireball, the shining craft suffered a final explosion, shattering into a rain of flames, and falling into the sea below…
Posted in Memorial Story
The Airport
Sara lost her best friend, Louise, aboard a private aircraft
“It has been 2 years since the airplane hit the towers and 3 years since I lost my friend. I am not the same person that I was before everything happened, but I am enriched with an understanding that I could not have gained without my loss. I will never go to an airport again without feeling a small amount of sadness, but I have grown.”
Posted in Memorial Story
If I Knew
Submitted by Anonymous. For Ken with my love…
“If I knew it would be the last time
that I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray your soul to keep…”
Posted in Memorial Story
In Memory of a Mentor and Pioneer
Submitted by Alyce Branum
“More than anything, I would like Tammy to be remembered for the remarkable woman she was, and for all that she gave by paving the road for all the woman who road her coat-tails. To see her remembered only as a victim would diminish all she contributed to the role of women today.”
Posted in Memorial Story