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  Madeline Amy Sweeney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Madeline Amy Sweeney, known as Amy Sweeney, was a flight attendant on board American Airlines flight 11 when it was flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center as part of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack.
The annual Madeline Amy Sweeney Award will be awarded every September 11 to at least one Massachusetts resident who displayed extraordinary courage in defending or saving the lives of others.
Sweeney and fellow flight attendant Betty Ong, who had also relayed information about the hijacking to personnel on the ground.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Madeline_Amy_Sweeney   (439 words)

  
 Sweeney Clan Web Site - Notable Sweeneys
In a statement read by her brother-in-law Bob Sweeney, a former Boston Bruin, the family said the call she made from the flight provided valuable information to the FBI and was instrumental in identifying the hijackers.
Bob Sweeney was flanked by several family members, including Amy's husband, Michael, as well as her brother, Billy, her father, Robert, and five sisters-in law, Patti, Cheryl, Rose, Jacqui and Terri, at a press conference at the Holiday Inn Boxborough, not far from the family's Acton, Massachusetts, home.
The story of Amy Madeline Sweeney will always stand out as a woman who was a professional, a wife and mother, and a person who obviously put those around her ahead of herself.
www.cgim.org /sweeneyclan/misc/03.html   (501 words)

  
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Sweeney's son Jack had been born several months premature, and she had taken the maximum time off over the previous summer to be with her children.
Sweeney may have ventured forward to business class, because she relayed the alarming news to Betty Ong, who was sitting in the rear jump-seat.
Sweeney told her ground contact that the plane had radically changed direction; it was flying erratically and was in rapid descent.
www.ratical.org /ratville/CAH/M.A.Sweeney.txt   (4513 words)

  
 Talk:Madeline Amy Sweeney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Madeline Amy Sweeney played a significant role in the events of the day by communicating with the ground while the attack was going on and an article on her is quite appropriate, as is the discussion of the award in her name.
There is also an article on another stewardess Karen Ann Martin who was killed, apparently trying to stop the attacks.
Sweeney to treat them as mere appendages to history.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Madeline_Amy_Sweeney   (1405 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Local / Separate lives joined by shared loss
Lauren Rosenzweig said she once met Amy Sweeney about a year before her death, while both were waiting for their children at a gymnastics class.
Sweeney called her husband from the plane at 7:11 a.m., concerned because it was the first morning she wasn't home to see Anna, a new kindergartener, off on the school bus.
Sweeney, who left his job with the Massachusetts Environmental Police to care for his children, is involved with raising money for the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund.
www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2003/09/11/separate_lives_joined_by_shared_loss?mode=PF   (1045 words)

  
 Madeline ("Amy") Sweeney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
American Airlines Flight service manager Michael Woodward is listening to Flight 11 attendant Amy Sweeney on the telephone, and he wants to pass on the information he is hearing from her.
Sweeney is calling from the rear of the coach section.
She explains that the passengers in coach, separated by curtains from the violence in first class, are calm, believing that there is some type of medical emergency at the front of the plane.
www.cooperativeresearch.org /entity.jsp?entity=madeline_(_amy_)_sweeney   (1603 words)

  
 Madeline Amy Sweeney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Madeline Amy Sweeney, known as Amy Sweeney, was a stewardess on board American Airlines flight 11 when it was driven into the North Tower of the World Trade Center as part of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack.
The annual Madeline Amy Sweeney Award will be awarded every September 11 to a Massachusetts resident who displays extraordinary courage in defending or saving the lives of others.
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www.termsdefined.net /ma/madeline-amy-sweeney.html   (486 words)

  
 ABCNEWS.com : Calm as Death Drew Near for Flight 11
Over the next 25 minutes, Sweeney, a 13-year veteran with the airline, calmly relayed information to Woodward that would later be crucial in helping the FBI identify the men who hijacked the plane and flew it into the north tower of the World Trade Center.
Sweeney told Woodward the hijackers seemed to be of Middle Eastern descent and said they had gone into the cockpit with a bomb with yellow wires attached.
Sweeney told Woodward the passengers in the coach section were calm and that they believed there was some type of medical emergency at the front of the plane.
911research.wtc7.net /cache/planes/evidence/abc_f11beforecrash.html   (1020 words)

  
 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
But Sweeney's phone call, with details that coincide with the hijackers' takeover of the cockpit, could provide investigators with one of their most valuable pieces of evidence in reconstructing the hijackings.
Sweeney, a 35-year-old mother of two young children, had worked for American Airlines for 12 years, usually taking weekend duty so she could spend more time during the week with her family in Acton, Mass.
Investigators noted that Sweeney was able to relay the seat numbers of the four suspects in the ninth and 10th rows, although some of those seats do not match up with the seats assigned to the hijackers on their tickets.
www.public-action.com /911/psyopnews/Extra/2/0921hijacking.html   (754 words)

  
 Local heroes honored for bravery during Sept. 11 attacks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Sweeney's husband, Michael, her two children, Jack, 4, and Anna, 6, Ogonowski's widow, Peggy, and daughters Caroline and Laura, were on hand at the ceremony before 500 people.
Ong and Sweeney both got on the phone during the ill-fated flight, and gave investigators a glimpse of what happened aboard the first plane to hit the north tower of the World Trade Center at 8:45 a.m.
Sweeney was the focus of Swift's remarks for her ability to give a detailed description of the events aboard Flight 11 until the end.
www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20020212/FP_004.htm   (703 words)

  
 Stewardess ID'd Hijackers Early, Transcripts Show
Sweeney also reported that the hijackers had used mace or pepper spray and that passengers in business class were unable to breathe.
Sweeney’s shoes: "When Amy picked up the phone—she was mother of two very young children—she had to know that, at that point, she might be being observed by another hijacker sitting in a passenger seat who would put a bullet through her head.
Sweeney in her last 23 minutes of life was not included in the 9/11 commission’s hearing on aviation security.
sirdave.com /Sweeney.html   (4474 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
BOSTON -- Officials presented the Madeline Amy Sweeney Civilian Award for Bravery at a Statehouse ceremony on Thursday afternoon.
Sweeney, 35, of Acton, Mass., was a flight attendant on board American Airlines Flight 11 when it was flown into the World Trade Center's north tower.
Sweeney used her cell phone to calmly relay information to her supervisor on the ground about the hijacking and hijackers as it happened.
www.officer.com /news/IBS/wcvb/news-1784612.html   (383 words)

  
 The Daily Free Press   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Acting Gov. Jane Swift awarded the first three Madeline Amy Sweeney Awards for Civilian Bravery to the families of crew members from American Airlines Flight 11 at Faneuil Hall yesterday in a private ceremony for friends, family and co-workers of the honorees.
Madeline Amy Sweeney, a flight attendant aboard American Airlines Flight 11 and the inspiration for the award, called Flight Service Manager Michael Woodward, who spoke at the award ceremony, during the hijacking to relay details of the events.
Kathy Ong, who recently listened to the tape of her sister and Sweeney's phone call, said her sister's "calm" and "composed" description of the events and details of the hijackers helped with subsequent law enforcement as well.
www.dailyfreepress.com /media/paper87/news/2002/02/12/News/Flight.Crew.Honored.For.Bravery-181705.shtml   (411 words)

  
 House Document No. 107-285 Commemorative Joint Meeting of the Congress of the United States In Remembrance of the ...
Sweeney's colleagues in air control back at Logan International Airport in Boston, where the flight had taken off that morning bound for Los Angeles, were among the few who knew better--because she had told them.
Sweeney was like a daughter to her, she says, although they only got together on visits, mostly during the summer.
Todd and his first wife divorced when Sweeney was 10, and she continued to live with her mother in Nashua, N.H. It's not very difficult for family members to imagine what Sweeney, whom everyone called Amy, would have been doing this past year had she not been among the 3,008 victims of Sept. 11.
www.gpoaccess.gov /serialset/cdocuments/107-285/text/house.html   (19506 words)

  
 Flight 11 hero left out of awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Sweeney's widower, Michael Sweeney, said he was approached by the governor's office about the medal.
Sweeney said he has spoken with other family members since Sept. 11, including two brothers of Martin.
What is known about Karen Martin's predicament was relayed to her family by authorities because Sweeney phoned her supervisor on the ground.
www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20020214/FP_002.htm   (869 words)

  
 Netherworld of Lost Answers
She said four men come from first-class seats, killed a passenger seated behind them, and used a chemical weapon on her, "some sort of spray" that made her eyes burn and made it difficult for her to breathe.
Madeline Amy Sweeney, the flight attendant in the rear compartment, said that the pilots, another flight attendant and a passenger had been killed.
the FAA changed "shot" to "stabbed" explaining that there had been a "miscommunication" and that the controller who spoke to Sweeney could said he could not recall her mentioning a passenger "shot." Since the call was not recorded, the issue cannot be further resolved.
www.edwardjayepstein.com /nether_suicide.htm   (2384 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Americas | The last moments of Flight 11   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
According to the FBI transcript, part of which was published in the Los Angeles Times, Madeline Amy Sweeney described how hijackers stabbed passengers and then diverted the plane.
When Ms Sweeney came on the phone to ground staff in Boston it was to report that a hijack was in progress.
As Ms Sweeney was giving their seat numbers, they reached the cockpit and it was then, as the plane suddenly changed course, that she spoke her last reported words:
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/1556096.stm   (302 words)

  
 Navy SEALs.com - Articles: Viewing Article
Since then, Mike Sweeney, her widowed husband, has been troubled by the disconnect between the airline's ignoring of his wife's efforts, and the fact that the F.B.I. awarded her its highest civilian honor.
Sweeney that the existence of the tape was news to him and offered him a private hearing.
Sweeney her father's calling card, which allowed the 32-year-old mother of two to pretend to be a passenger and use an AirFone to call Logan Airport and relay the vital information.
www.navyseals.com /community/articles/article.cfm?id=3831   (4336 words)

  
 CNN.com - Flight 11 attendant reported events prior to crash - September 20, 2001
The Times' story attributes the account to an investigative document compiled by the FBI and taken from a phone call Madeline Amy Sweeney made to a ground manager at Logan International Airport in Boston.
Where in the plane Sweeney was while the hijacking took place is uncertain, but she provided vivid details to the ground manager, according to The Times report.
Sweeney, 35 and a 12-year veteran of the airline, was one of nine flight attendants on Flight 11 when it took off from Logan just before 8 a.m.
edition.cnn.com /2001/US/09/20/vic.flight.11   (391 words)

  
 GameSpy Forums
Also at 8:25, and again at 8:29, Amy Sweeney got hrough to the American Flight Services Office in Boston but was cut off after she reported someone was hurt aboard the flight.Three minutes later,Sweeney was reconnected to the office and began relaying updates to the manager, Michael Woodward.
Sweeney told Woodward that she and Ong were trying to relay as much information as they could to people on the ground.
Sweeney responded:“We are flying low.We are flying very, very low.We are flying waytoo low.” Seconds later she said,“Oh my God we are way too low.” The phone call ended.
www.forumplanet.com /gamespy/topic.asp?fid=2726&tid=1431729   (3194 words)

  
 Norwich Bulletin - www.norwichbulletin.com - Norwich, Conn.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Madeline Amy Sweeney, 35, a flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 11, died when the plane crashed into the north tower.
The FBI said Sweeney made a terrified phone call to a ground manager in Boston moments before the crash, detailing how hijackers slit the throat of a passenger and stormed the cockpit.
Massachusetts presents the Amy Sweeney award each year to a civilian who exemplifies Sweeney's courage.
www.norwichbulletin.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050910/NEWS01/509100303/1002   (697 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Sweeney slid into a passenger seat in the next-to-last row of coach and used an Airfone to call American Airlines Flight Service at Boston 's Logan airport.
Woodward lost contact with Amy Sweeney—the moment of metamorphosis, when her plane became a missile guided into the tower holding thousands of unsuspecting civilians.
After Sept. 11, she imagined herself in Sweeney's shoes: "When Amy picked up the phone—she was mother of two very young children—she had to know that, at that point, she might be being observed by another hijacker sitting in a passenger seat who would put a bullet through her head.
www.voicesofsept11.org /911ic/archive/2004/021204.php   (4466 words)

  
 Congressman Martin T. Meehan (MA05) - Press Release - U.S. Rep. Marty Meehan Lauds Flight 11 Crew Members At First ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Acting Governor Swift presented the First Annual Madeline Amy Sweeney Award for Civilian Bravery to family members from the Sweeney, Ong, and Ogonowski families.
The award is named for 13-year veteran Flight Attendant Madeline Amy Sweeney, 35, who on September 11th notified American Airlines ground control at Logan Airport that Flight 11 had been hijacked.
Sweeney was from Acton, Ong from Andover, and Ogonowski from Dracut.
www.house.gov /meehan/press_1999_2003/NR021102.html   (287 words)

  
 The Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News - 17-Apr-06 - Touched by tragedy on Sept. 11,
NH reached out in ...
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Sweeney, 35, who lived with her husband and two young children in Acton, Mass., grew up in Nashua and was a 1984 graduate of Nashua High School.
After the hijackers stormed the cockpit, Sweeney somehow managed to contact a ground manager at Boston’s Logan Airport, calmly describing how the hijackers had slit the throat of one passenger, and stabbed two flight attendants, according to FBI documents.
Friends in Nashua would take some comfort from the thought that Sweeney’s last moments were spent trying to help others; it was the way she had always lived, they said.
webarchive.unionleader.com /articles_showa.html?article=13990   (2192 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. / Massachusetts joins nation in marking third anniversary of 9/11 attacks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The recipients from Lowell were George Kouloheras and Robert Michalczyk, who on March 27 stopped their cars to prevent a suicidal man from jumping off a bridge.
The award honors Amy Sweeney, a flight attendant on the first plane to strike a Trade Center tower.
Sweeney, of Acton, contacted ground crews to relay information about the hijackers before the crash.
www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/09/11/massachusetts_to_join_nation_in_marking_third_anniversary_of_911_attacks?mode=PF   (833 words)

  
 Portsmouth Herald South of the Border: Massachusetts to join nation in marking third anniversary of 9/11 attacks
At 2 p.m., Romney was to present the Fourth Annual Madeline Amy Sweeney Award for Civilian Bravery in an invitation-only event in the Statehouse's House chamber.
Sweeney, of Acton, contacted ground crews to relay information about the hijackers before American Airlines Flight 11 crashed.
At 3 p.m., a reception was planned at Boston Common to welcome the Beyond the 11th Charity Cyclists, led by Sept. 11 widows Susan Retik and Patti Quigley.
www.seacoastonline.com /2004news/09112004/south_of/37103.htm   (502 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Extract: 'We have some planes'
Also at 0825, and again at 0829, Amy Sweeney got through to the American Flight Services Office in Boston but was cut off after she reported someone was hurt aboard the flight.
At 0841, Sweeney told Woodward that passengers in coach were under the impression that there was a routine medical emergency in first class...
called his mother, Louise Sweeney, told her the flight had been hijacked, and added that the passengers were thinking about storming the cockpit to take control of the plane away from the hijackers.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/3919613.stm   (3532 words)

  
 JS Online: Award Honors Crew Members of Flight   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
BOSTON - Amid chaos and terror, flight attendant Madeline Amy Sweeney calmly contacted ground personnel on the morning of Sept.
Her descriptions of the hijackers and their seat numbers and her reporting of what occurred as the airliner approached New York City has been invaluable to investigators.
Sweeney, fellow flight attendant Betty Ong and Capt. John Ogonowski were honored Monday at an emotional ceremony with a new state civilian bravery award that bears Sweeney's name.
www.jsonline.com /news/attack/ap/feb02/ap-attacks-bravery021102.asp?format=print   (244 words)

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