Partial List of Victims Dho died in When Continental Connection Flight 3407 Crashed into House (with Comments Feb. 19, 2009)
Associated Press
Names of people killed in crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407. The names have been provided by the airline, employers, relatives or friends.
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Crew members:
_ Capt. Marvin Renslow, pilot, of Lutz, Fla.
_ Rebecca Shaw, first officer, of Maple Valley, Wash.
_ Matilda Quintero, flight attendant, of Woodbridge, N.J.
_ Donna Prisco, flight attendant.
_ Capt. Joseph Zuffoletto, off-duty crew member, of Newark, N.J., and Jamestown, N.Y.
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Passengers:
_ Mary Abraham, of West Seneca, N.Y. Trained people to use medical equipment made by Invacare Corp.
_ David Borner, of Pendleton, N.Y. Worked for Kraft Foods.
_ Linda Davidson, of Westfield, N.Y., nurse at Westfield Memorial Hospital and Ronald Davidson's wife.
_ Ronald Davidson, of Westfield, N.Y. Worked at an adult group home and was Linda Davidson's husband.
_ Alison Des Forges, of Buffalo, one of the world's leading experts on the genocide in Rwanda.
_ Beverly Eckert, of Stamford, Conn., whose husband died in the World Trade Center attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
_ John Fiore, of Grand Island, N.Y., recently retired from the Air Force.
_ Ron Gonzalez, of New Brunswick, N.J., director of a youth services program.
_ Brad S. Green Sr., of East Amherst, N.Y., salesman for Kraft Foods.
_ Zhaofang Guo, of Amherst, N.Y., Worked at the Ford Motor Co. stamping plant in Hamburg.
_ Kevin Johnston, of East Amherst, N.Y., employee at Henkel Corp. adhesive factory in Buffalo.
_ George Abu Karam, of Tiberias, Israel, security guard.
_ Sean Lang, of Montgomeryville, Pa., Penn State University student.
_ Ellyce Kausner, of Clarence, N.Y., student at Florida Coastal School of Law.
_ Nicole Korczykowski, of New York City. Worked for the investment firm Barclays Capital.
_ Jerome Krasuski, of Cheektowaga, N.Y., program manager at defense contractor Northrup Grumman (see comment below)
_ Brian Kuklewicz, of Cheektowaga, N.Y., engineer at industrial products factory.
_ Bethany Kushner, of Angola, N.Y., college student.
_ Maddy Loftus, of Parsippany, N.J. Headed to Buffalo for weekend reunion of women hockey players.
_ Lorin Maurer, who worked raising money for Princeton University's athletics department.
_ Donald McDonald, of Fort Erie, Ontario, technical manager at pharmaceutical plant.
_ Coleman Mellett, of East Brunswick, N.J., guitarist in jazz musician Chuck Mangione's band.
_ Dawn Monachino, of West Seneca, N.Y., pharmaceutical sales representative.
_ Dawn Mossop, of Bloomfield, N.J., executive secretary at Schering-Plough and Donald Mossop's wife.
_ Donald Mossop, of Bloomfield, N.J., technician for Xerox and Dawn Mossop's husband.
_ Shawn Mossop, of Bloomfield, N.J., Donald and Dawn Mossop's 12-year-old son.
_ Jennifer Neill, of Clarence, N.Y., pharmaceutical sales representative for Schering-Plough.
_ Gerry Niewood, of Glen Ridge, N.J., saxophonist and member of jazz musician Chuck Mangione's band.
_ Johnathan Perry, of New York City and Amsterdam. Worked for New York-based investment management company W.P. Carey Co.
_ Mary Pettys, of West Seneca, N.Y., software director for an insurance firm.
_ Ferris Reid, of Bloomfield, N.J. Dawn Mossop's sister.
_ Julie M. Ries
_ John G. Roberts III. Grew up in Lewiston, N.Y., and worked for the consulting and accounting firm Deloitte in Mumbai, India.
_ Kristin Safran, of Bradford, Pa., beverage industry consultant.
_ Jean Srnecz, of Clinton, N.J., senior vice president of merchandising at Charlotte, N.C.-based Baker and Taylor.
_ Darren Tolsma, of Lancaster, N.Y., an engineer with defense contractor Northrop Grumman.
_ Susan Wehle, of Amherst, N.Y., cantor at Temple Beth Am in Williamsville.
_ Ernest W. West, of Clarence, N.Y., deputy director for business development at defense contractor Northrop Grumman in Amherst, N.Y. (see comment below)
_ Shibin Yao
_ Clay Yarber, of Riverside, Calif., member of several Tampa Bay, Fla.-area bands over the past several decades.
On ground:
_ Doug Wielinski, of Clarence, N.Y., marketing manager at manufacturing firm.
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Ernest West, 54, according to his own biography (which can be found on the networking site Linkdln) was deputy director for defence research firm Northrop Grumman Amherst Systems, a unit of the leading defense contractor. West worked 22 years as a marketing and systems manager for Sierra Research Corp. Before that, he was an electronic warfare and ground-directed bombing specialist for the Air Force in the 1970s. Had tours in ND, LA, MT, and South Korea. Worked with SA-2, SA-3, SA-6 and SA-8 Missile simulators. Combat Ready for 3-year tour in South Korea for mobile Combat Ground Directed Bombing involving B-52, F-4, and F-5 aircraft. Won South Korea Presidential Medal for Operation Paul Bunyan activities. Awarded overall excellent in basic training (only one in two squadrons of 400 people). Scored perfect USAF entrance examination. Tested very high in electronics enabling all basic electronic training to be self-pace. Completed school 5 months early. Enter many specialty ele!
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"Jerome Krasuski, 53. The former North Tonawanda resident worked for the Williamsville defense contractor for more than 20 years. Krasuski\'s three Northrop Grumman colleagues also died in the crash.(www.buffalonews.com).
Sources at Northrop Grumman Amherst Systems, a defense contractor on Wehrle Drive in Williamsville, have confirmed four of its employees were aboard the Continental Connection flight No. 3407
Last Novemebr cofounder of Amherst system died when his plane hit power lines
In July the following article appearred
Gruman wins contract
Buffolo News -07/17/08 06:38 AM
Northrop Grumman Amherst Systems will benefit from a $28.2 million contract awarded to its parent company to provide electronic simulators to the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co.
The Amherst location will build eight radio frequency simulators which will help the Airbus 400M transport aircraft, while still on the ground, safeguard itself against combat threats it might encounter during missions.
The simulators generate signals the aircraft might detect, such as antiaircraft radar, in the air so that its sensors can be programmed for those threats. When those threats appear during flights, the plane can then take the proper defensive measures.
The Airbus A400M is replacing aging fleets of C-130 Hercules and C-160 Transall air transport aircraft being used by air forces around the world.
Deliveries of the simulators are expected to start in 2010 and be completed in 2013 or 2014, said John Stanfill, president of Northrop Grumman Amherst Systemsâ€.
The program chief supporter Senator Thomas Reynolds Grand Island NY
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