8.9.02
Read and understand James Lileks's reflection on the death of Christine Hanson, a two-year old whose parents were taking her to Disneyland last September 11. Lileks writes from the experience of a parent of a two-year old, reflecting on what reassurances they must have offered their daughter, up to the end. There were other children in the air that day. ABC's Up Close for September 6 featured the uncles, grandparents, and friends of Zoe and Dana Falkenberg, who, along with their parents Charles Falkenberg and Leslie Whittington, were riding American Airlines Flight 77 that day. The family and friends have set up a website, Zoe's Zinnias, with the suggestion that people plant zinnias as a memorial. James Lileks may not have known Christine Hanson. The economics faculty at Northern Illinois University interviewed Professor Whittington many years ago, and some of us made use of her work. She and her family were on the way to a visiting position in Australia that day.
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Small world. Leslie's buddy from graduate school is now on the faculty at SUU. He still has a memorial for her in his office.
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