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World Trade Center
Toll
The revised death toll at the World Trade Center in
New York has been lowered to approximately 3,152. This
includes people working at the WTC, visitors, and passengers
on the two aircraft involved in the tragic terrorist
attack. Originally the estimate was 6000, then later
revised to approximately 5000. The city's new calculation
method relies strictly on death certificates and a list
of missing persons and duplications in the list that
have been removed.
This includes passengers and crew on hijacked planes:
American Airlines Flight 11, which carried 92 people,
and United Airlines Flight 175 with 65 people on board.
In Washington, D.C.
189 people perished - 125 at the Pentagon and 64 people
on American Flight 77.
On United Airlines Flight 93, 44 passengers and crew
perished as the aircraft crashed in Somerset County,
Pennsylvania as a result of the heroic passengers
attempting to regain control of the aircraft after the
hijackers took control of the flight and diverted it
towards Washington.
The total as of 7 December is 3,385.
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After 9-11:
Newspapers throughout the United States have tried to
memorialize the 3,385 victims of that vicious attack.
The newspapers have been writing articles about each
of the victims accompanied by pictures of the deceased
and their loved ones. The stories have been positive
and have told of the accomplishments, dreams, ambitions,
and stories about the families that they have left behind.
We are deeply saddened as we have learned about the
children that they have left behind.
Most of our business colleagues, customers, and friends
have been so touched by these tragedies that they are
drawn to these stories in the newspapers day after day.
This is not a morbid curiosity. We want to remember
those innocent souls that have been so cruelly torn
away from their families. They have faces that we have
now seen. They have families that we now know…and
we share their grief. Americans and people around the
world will not forget them.
For those readers that are unfamiliar with our website,
during October and November we had a hot link that showed
people around the world who shared our sadness. If you
care to review it, please turn on your computer's speakers
and go to http://user.icx.net/~jimloy/usa/thank_you.htm
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 Our
website:
We would like to take a moment to provide you with some guidance. Many
visitors have taken the time to examine it carefully. We do not try to
sell anything on this website other than to tell you what training programs
our company conducts as well as give you a list of services that we provide.
We try to provide as much educational material concerning dangerous goods/hazardous
materials as is practical each month. We feel that dangerous goods information
is better-absorbed when taken in small bites.
Check out the rest of our welcome page...
On the left hand side we list our services and explain what we hope to accomplish.
We encourage you to click on the Newsletter and the Hot Links for explanatory
information.
In the center of the Welcome Page we have links to our training
schedule. If you click on a specific training program please note
that the new page will have a clipboard image which itself can be clicked
on for more information about the training.
Below the training information is a special link for airline employees
and airline passengers - after all, 75% of our business is airline-related.
This link provides you with further links to the U.S. FAA and IATA.
The fifth link ought to be reviewed by airline mechanics and maintenance
stores personnel to remind them about dangerous goods that they may be
taking for granted. We have been dealing with airline maintenance and
stores personnel for almost 50 years and with airline purchasing departments
for 26 years. Oxygen generators and electric storage batteries have generated
the most enquiries. Believe us. That link is worthwhile and if it sparks
your memory or leads to a question or two feel free to contact us. Don't
be shy - we try to help everyone when it comes to airline safety.
The third item in the center of our welcome page is a link to the
"RAS Operations Center". Click on the Operations Center
to find out if our operations are normal or when we might close to celebrate
a U.S. Holiday. We provided extensive information about airport closures
in the New York Area on 11 September and the terrible days that followed.
We will use this area of our website to advise when a particular training
class is re-scheduled due to inclement weather or other emergency or when
our training facility has reached capacity for a scheduled training class.
At the bottom of our Welcome Page we have a search engine -
pick any topic - a single word or a phrase - if we have covered it in
past newsletters or in any other format you will be linked to the information
you may want. Also at the bottom of the center column of the Welcome Page
is a place to enter your name and e-mail address if you
wish to be alerted to special information such as training schedules or
important information.
At the bottom line of this page we have a "What's New"
section. A schedule change has been listed for the last few weeks and
a reminder that our 2002 schedule has been delayed. We would also alert
you to a significant change in a regulation in this section of our website.
On the right hand side of the Welcome Page we have a link to our current
newsletter and quiz as well as a link to older newsletters
in case you want to download some information that might be helpful to
you.
Just below the Newsletter Link is what we call "Hot Links".
Since 11 September it has mostly dealt with that topic but normally we
will put some urgent information or particularly useful and timely material,
usually via still another link. And you can check out older links there
as well. Special information about almost anything that is important and
dealing with hazardous materials is likely to show up in our "Hot
Links".
The very top of our Welcome Page provides further links. The one on the
far right gives links to the FAA, USDOT, IMO, IATA, ICAO, Transport
Canada, The Hazardous Materials Advisory Council, and some professional
organizations that we have worked with and hold in high esteem.
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and to us. We cannot trace who visits us and you are welcome to copy anything
you desire off our website. Our only request is that you use the information
to further the ideal of safety in transportation.
Feedback:
We have received many favorable comments about our website. Although the
staff at R-A Specialists would just love to take all the credit for it
and claim genius status, we really have to thank our webmaster, Tom DeLiso,
who can be contacted at:
http://www.iwcs.cjb.net
Thanks, Tom. You deserve the plug.
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To all
our visitors:
Happy Hanukkah! Merry Christmas! Happy Kwanzaa!
…And, to all, a Happy New Year.
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