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Robin lost her father in a private plane crash

“I am thankful to have ACCESS to help get me through this tragic time…it is instrumental for me, my family and those in our situation to have ACCESS.”

 

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“I am here, I care”

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!”

 

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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.”

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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.”

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Healing through helping others

Daniel lost his brother Gus in a private plane crash

“ACCESS provides me with an opportunity to focus on healing through helping others, which at the end of the day helps me too.”

 

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The concept of ACCESS is brilliant

Marion  lost her daughter on American Airlines Flight 77 on 9/11

“…sharing our grief with others who had been there really did make a difference and helped us to heal.”

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The value of ACCESS

Casey Erickson has lost many loved ones in the aviation community

The full range of emotions we go through is perfectly normal and talking to someone allows us to release these emotions and let them out — this is the value of ACCESS.

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In loving memory of Ellyce

Marilyn lost her daughter Ellyce on Continental Flight 3407 

“It is impossible to explain your grief and shock to someone who has not experienced this kind of loss…”

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Heart a little softer

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.

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Families We Have Helped:

Below are some of the air disasters that we have responded to:
Private Plane - 9/26/12
Rockingham County, VA
Private Plane - 2/27/11
Abu Dhabi
Private Plane - 12/22/10
Barrington, NY
Private Plane - 7/17/10
South Portland, ME
Air India Express 812 - 5/22/10
Mangalore, India
Afriqiyah Airways 8U771- 5/12/10
Tripoli, Libya
Ethiopian Airlines 409 - 1/25/10
Off of Na'ameh, Lebanon
Air France Flight 447 - 6/1/09
Atlantic Ocean
Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 - 2/25/09
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Continental Flight 3407 - 2/12/09
Clarence Center, NY
US Airways Flight 1549 - 1/15/09
Hudson River, NY
Aeroflot Flight 821 - 9/14/08
Perm, Russia
Spanair JK 5022 - 8/20/08
Madrid, Spain
TAM Airways JJ 3054 - 7/17/07
São Paulo, Brazil
Comair Flight 5191 - 8/27/06
Lexington, KY
Airbus A320-211 - 5/3/06
Off Sochi, Russia
Bellview Airlines - 10/23/05
Nigeria
West Caribbean Airways 708 - 8/16/05
Machiques, Venezuela
Air France Flight 358 - 8/2/05
Ontario, Canada
Kam Air Flight 904 - 2/3/05
Pamir Mountains, Afghanistan
Corporate Airlines 5966 - 10/19/04
Pettis Township, MO
Kish Airlines Flight 1770 - 2/10/04
United Arab Emirates
Georgian Express Flight 126 - 1/17/04
Ontario, Canada
Flash Airlines 604 - 1/3/04

Red Sea

Turkish Airlines 634 - 1/8/03

Diyarbakır Airport, Turkey

US Airways Express/Air Midwest Flight 5481 - 1/8/03

Charlotte, NC

American Flight 587 - 11/12/01

Queens, NY

The events of September 11, 2001

Private Plane - 12/3/00
Milltown, WI
Singapore Airlines 006 - 10/31/00

Chiang Kai-shek Internat'l Airport

Gulf Air Bus A320 - 8/23/00

Persian Gulf, Bahrain

Air France Concorde 4590 - 7/25/00

Gonesse, France

Alaska Airlines 261 - 1/31/00

Pacific Ocean

Egypt Air 990 - 10/31/99

Atlantic Ocean

American Airlines 1420 - 6/1/99

Little Rock, AR

Swissair 111 - 9/2/98

Atlantic Ocean

Private Plane - 8/4/98
Phillips, WI
TWA 800 - 7/17/96

US Air 427 9/8/94

Allegheny County, PA

Long Island, NY

Pan Am 103 - 12/21/88

Lockerbie, Scotland

TWA/United Airlines - Mid-Air Collision- 12/16/1960
Brooklyn & Staten Island, NY
and hundreds of other private, commercial and military air disasters

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