24 AIRPORT VOICE, JULY 2021
ON BEHALF OF THE
DELTA AIR LINES JFK TEAM,
THANKS FOR SERVING
“Reclaiming the Sky” Showcases
The Courage of 9/11’s Aviation Workers
Apply for : Sky Essay Competition
The Reclaiming the Sky Essay
Competition gives today’s airport and
airline workers a chance to tell how
they can apply the resiliency lessons of
9/11’s aviation heroes profiled in “Reclaiming
the Sky” to meet challenges
in their lives today.
The essay competition is being
conducted by the Human Resiliency
Institute at Fordham University and will
offer $3300 in awards in three categories:
Airport workers, Airline employees
and Students.
Full details, including a tab to submit
an essay, are on the program’s
website at reclaimingthesky.com.
The book tells how airport and airline
workers in Boston, Newark/New
York, Washington, DC and Shanksville
“rose up” on 9/11 and continued to rise
up with courage and resolve for weeks
and months after that to get America
moving again.
The stories of the aviation heroes are
highlighted in “Reclaiming the Sky” by
Tom Murphy, founder of the Human Resiliency
Institute at Fordham. Anyone who
purchases a book on Amazon and submits
an essay should know that all profits
from the book go to aviation charities.
The judges for the essay competition
include workers who are profiled in
the book – and their stories at showcased
on the website.
Essays will be accepted until August
10 – enter online on the website.
Newark Airport will host an award
event and the announcement of winners
on September 1.
See full details at ReclaimingTheSky.
com.
The Delta Air Lines Military HR cart. Delta respects the deceased military individuals with this cart which meets the aircraft carrying the remains and is ccompanieded by a color guard
to the awaiting transportation vehile. Delta has these carts at all its hubs across the USA and works with various organizations and the government to arrange this service according to
Mike Rizzo, Director Cargo Ops.
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