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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 187
Offered January 25, 2002
Celebrating the life of Ada Mason.
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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 was Ada Mason of Springfield, a civilian employee of the close-knit Pentagon office that sustained heavier losses than any other; and

WHEREAS, Resource Services Washington, an Army office of budget analysts and accountants, most of them civilians, lost more than half of its employees on September 11, one of whom was Ada Mason; and

WHEREAS, a mainstay in the office for nearly two decades, Ada Mason was a vital part of the budget section, which sustained losses of 24 out of 28 employees; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby note with great sadness the loss of Ada Mason, an innocent victim of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Ada Mason as an expression of the heartfelt condolences of the General Assembly of Virginia.