We hosted our annual golf event at Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco, CA. Guest speakers included former 49er Gary Plummer, Brad Burlingame (who lost his brother Charles on Flight 77 on 9/11), ACCESS President Andrew August and world-renowned bereavement expert Dr. Ken Druck.
Cecilia Crocker & Joan Pontante. Cecilia was 4 years old when Northwest Flight 255 crashed in Detroit. She was the sole survivor and lost her parents Michael and Paula and 6-year-old brother David. Joan lost her brother William, sister in-law Kathryn, nephew Billy Jr., 5, and nieces Hillary, 5, and Katelyn, 4, on Northwest 255.
ACCESS meets with Southwest Airlines Air Disaster Emergency Response Team in Dallas, TX
ACCESS trains Heritage Flight Air Disaster Emergency Response Team in Burlington, VT
ACCESS Volunteers at the ACCESS Awareness Event held at the Ted Baker store in San Francisco, CA
We are so saddened by the loss of one of our most remarkable and enthusiastic ACCESS volunteers, Kerry P. Felski. He and his wife Cynthia were killed on August 19th by a drunk driver after dropping off their daughter at college. Felski was a loving husband and father. He lost family on United Flight 232 and devoted much of his time helping fellow loved ones of those killed in air disasters.
Former San Francisco 49er Gary Plummer served as the Master of Ceremonies and auctioneer at the 3rd Annual Hearts, Clubs & Aces Golf Event.
DJ AM survived a private plane crash in South Carolina on September 19, 2008. In November he launched this t-shirt, designed in collaboration with clothing company Undefeated, at a Los Angeles event. All of the proceeds from the t-shirt sales benefit ACCESS.
ACCESS delivered a specially designed training program to the American Red Cross Pine Tree Chapter
Diane lost her father in a Navy aircraft disaster
I think ACCESS is a wonderful organization. I am enthusiastically available to reach out to anyone needing to express their feelings or share the pain they feel. I would also like to encourage adults to communicate with the youngsters involved – the pain is different but is definitely there as well as the need to express it.
