As a Centre we have some close links with the U.S. in the area hit by recent tragic events. Many of our members go over there on a regular basis. As far as I am aware all our family, friends, colleagues and contacts in this region are safe and well. On behalf of the Centre I would like to offer our deepest condolences at this very sad and worrying time.
We now know that Joe DeLuca, a past president of the Morgan 4/4 Group went down on Flight 93. The brave passengers of this flight very likely saved thousands of lives. I never met Joe but I understand that in recent years he had found personal happiness with a new partner. They were together on that fatal flight. This of course just makes the whole thing even more tragic. There is a move to give everyone on Flight 93 the Congressional Medal of Freedom, I sincerely hope this will be so.
I recently received an email message from Jim Bellew highlighting how we now seem to live our stressful lives. The message was to treat everyday as being special. I agree with Jim totally, at least Joe found a little happiness.