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2002 SESSION

028407650
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 429
Offered February 26, 2002
On the deaths of Kenneth E. Lewis and Jennifer G. Lewis.
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WHEREAS, on September 11, 2001, terrorists launched an inexcusable attack on the United States, causing great destruction and horrible human suffering in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania; and

WHEREAS, the attack had a devastating effect in Virginia, home of the Pentagon and of many of the personnel, military and civilian, who served there; and

WHEREAS, among the victims of the Pentagon attack were Kenneth E. Lewis and Jennifer G. Lewis of Culpeper, who were flight attendants on American Airlines Flight 77 when it crashed into the Pentagon; and

WHEREAS, Kenneth Lewis and Jennifer Lewis had been married for eight years and were fond of traveling together, often arranging their flight assignments so they could travel to favorite destinations; and

WHEREAS, Kenneth Lewis was a native of Farmville who attended Hampden-Sydney College and was a ski instructor before joining American Airlines, where he was a flight attendant for 17 years; and

WHEREAS, Jennifer Lewis was a native of Norwalk, Connecticut, had been a flight attendant with American Airlines for 16 years, and was known for her sense of humor and her fondness for showing her thoroughbred horse, Poet, in many area competitions; and

WHEREAS, a happy, popular, outgoing, and active couple, Kenneth and Jennifer Lewis will be sorely missed by their families, their colleagues in the airline industry, and their countless friends and admirers; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby note with great sadness the loss of Kenneth E. Lewis and Jennifer G. Lewis, innocent victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare copies of this resolution for presentation to the families of Kenneth E. Lewis and Jennifer G. Lewis as an expression of the heartfelt condolences of the General Assembly of Virginia.