Mission accomplished. Ellen Saracini longs to say those words.
The widow of Victor Saracini, a United Airlines pilot killed in the terror attacks on 9/11, she has worked non-stop for the past 20 years to build The Garden of Reflection in Lower Makefield.
The project has been an outstanding success, as the memorial attracts more than 100,000 visitors each year who come to pay their respects to the 2,973 victims who lost their lives in the attacks that tragic day, including 18 from Bucks County.
But Saracini has spearheaded a new goal to ensure that The Garden will be cared for into perpetuity. A campaign to raise $2 million is approaching the finish line just $200,000 more is needed.
secure cockpit anyhow. and to that point, you mentioned it that el al has it in place, and even if it is expensive to do it on so many planes, losing a plane is expensive as well, and the liability issues that come with that if there is a precaution that the airline could have taken, and i mean, assuming, and we don t know the kausz of it, but if it were this and they could have take n this precaution, that is a also a very expensive venture, right? of course. of course, it is. if you add it up per airplane, but it is saddening me that we have to get to this point and revisit it. ellen saracini s push for this all of these years over something that we were speculating might have occurred, but it is great from that standpoint that this is one benefit of the tragedy that might be flight 370, but i m re really big endorser as my colleagues are in the airlines to have this in place. and we will see if it pushes some new momentum into this bill
later. more ships are headed to that area. crews also continue searching in the northern corridor and seven countries in that area have told investigators they did not pick up any signals from the plane on their radars after it lost contact with ground control. see the on-going search for flight 370 is heartbreaking for families who have lost loved ones and for some the idea that terrorism might be involved in any way is especially tough. we want to be clear, we still don t know what happened here but right now it seems like just about anything is possible and nothing the really off the table. i m joined now by ellen, her husband victor was killed on 9/11. he was the pilot of the united airlines flight that crashed into the world trade center south tower. she has pushed for better security for cockpits to prevent hijackings ever since. ellen, nice to see you. i m certainly sorry it s under these circumstances but i know you re trying to do some important work here. before we talk a lit
my heart goes out to them. they re sitting there now in limbo. they can t give up hope that their loved ones are alive but they have to face realities and it s a difficult decision to make. you can t give up on anyone who is still alive because we have no proof that they aren t. continuing on this many days is just there s just so much anxiety i m sure for them, so much fear, and just really a turmoil that they can t get out of. you know, they re kind of stuck in groundhog day because every day is the same day for them. it s just sheer terror. you can see the terror and the pain on their faces. it s just so hard, i m sure. ellen saracini, thank you for your insight and your time. more of our coverage on the search for flight 370 right after this. you really love, what would you do? [ woman ] i d be a writer. [ man ] i d be a baker. [ woman ] i wanna be a pie maker. [ man ] i wanna be a pilot.
flight attendant, the cockpit was able to be breached in under two seconds. and who prepared this video for you? walk us through the process. well, the faa requested and commissioned the rtca to do a study. it involved the faa, the tsa, airline companies, boeing, security experts, the cia, the fbi. this study is now complete and came out with these results. moving forward, we have gone and now we need legislation. the legislation has to happen because none of the airlines are complying with the best method in order to protect the cockpit and through legislation we re hoping to make sure that the cockpits get the appropriate barriers. in memory of victor, your husband, a pilot of 9/11. yes. and 2,973 others who are not here with us today. ellen, thanks for coming in. thank you. ellen saracini, doing important work. just ahead, a kennedy on