UK Family Support Group
Launches Website
London ñ 11th
September 2003.† Today, the UK Family
Support Group launched a website (www.s11ukfsg.org)
to commemorate the British lives lost in the terrorist attacks on 11 September
2001.† The site will be host to
information related to September 11th and it is hoped the site will
become a virtual memorial to the 67 Britons killed.
The publicly accessible site
will provide information about the group, its mission, memorials and services
devoted to the September 11th victims.† There will also be a section devoted to personal tributes and
photographs of those lost which can be posted by family, friends and
colleagues, and a password-protected section which will allow victimís
relatives to keep in contact online.
In the months following the
attacks, relatives of the British victims formed the September 11th
UK Family Support Group which now has over 250 family members.† One of the primary functions of the group
was to provide information, including details about the ongoing investigation
in the U.S., sources of support and assistance, and moral and emotional support
to the families.† They will now be able
to access this via the website which will act as an important communication
tool to all those affected by September 11 2001.
"Given the complexities
of the investigation in the U.S., issues relating to compensation and the sheer
scale of the tragedy, sharing information among ourselves has been the most
important thing.† As well as giving us a
place to remember our loved ones, this website will allow us to get in touch
quickly and easily, while respecting the privacy of all," said Tom Clarke,
spokesperson for the UKFSG, whose sister Suria was killed in the World Trade
Center.
Development and Technical assistance
to bring the site to life was generously donated by Cantor Fitzgerald and
subsidiary eSpeed, which lost two thirds of New York staff in the attacks
including 19 Britons.† ESpeed will host
the site which will be edited by the UKFSG secretary Hannah Ali, who lost her
sister Sarah Ali in the World Trade Center.
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Contacts:
UKFSG Secretary
07786 973 097