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THEVISTA
Nov. 6, 2001
Instructor recalls aftermath of N.Y. attacks B WMB
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UCO adjunct professor recently visited New York for eight days and consoled some of the families who lost loved ones in the World Trade Center bombing. Deborah D. Ferrell-Lynn, adjunct political science professor, was asked to participate in the New York Outreach program because of her involvement in the Oklahoma City bombing. "I lost my cousin Susan Ferrell in the OKC bombing and helped in the mission statement and design of the memorial," FerrellLynn said. At the time of the Sept. II attacks the Red Cross funded Outreach program was in the process of developing a plan for dealing with terrorist acts. "We want to make sure we can mitigate its effects," Ferrell-Lynn said. Ferrell-Lynn was accompanied in New York by Constance Levy who lost her daughter Lakeshia
Levy in the Oklahoma City bombing. The two of them had met previously after the bombing
and their picture was featured on the cover of the Dallas Morning News. "Our job was to be with the families and to offer them emotional support," Ferrell-Lynn said. Ferrell-Lynn described New York as having "flags everywhere, bumper stickers on the cars and the Empire State Building was illuminated at the top in red, white and blue." "The people of New York were absolutely and profoundly shaken, but they were coping about as well as to be expected. This was familiar territory for me." About flying New York shesaid, "when we got into New York and were about to land a sudden turn by the plane shocked me. I started thinking Oh my god where's the runway." One thing New York City was doing to curtail the trauma was the ban on photographs around the site. "They didn't want anyone to capitalize on their grief," FerrellLynn said. "It was like nothing that I have seen before. It was if hell vomited." •
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Political science adjunct Deborah D. Ferrell-Lynn explains the reason behind her recent trip to New York. Ferrell-Lynn is a member of the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
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