I'm not sure if anyone here is aware of what happened in a Buffalo suburb on in February 2009. Continental Flight 3407 crashed in Clarence Center that day destroying a house killing 49 passengers on the plane, 1 in the house and devastating the community.
The circumstances surrounding the causes of that crash were tragic and preventable. It was the impetus to the development of a coalition being formed to try and prevent this from ever happening again.
The result of all this hard work is that a historic bill is being put into law that will be the strongest aviation safety legislation in decades.
I am so proud of our community for pressing forward to bring this law to fruition. They battled many powerful, wealthy and influential forces that wanted to keep the status quo.
Continental Flight 3407 family members can rejoice that through the sacrifice of their loved ones they helped make the skies safer for you and me.
