September 11th Advocates

The September 11th Advocates is a "family advocacy group that spearheaded the grassroots effort for the establishment of the independent commission" on September 11, 2001. 

The Advocates, family members who have been "turned into activists," have been described as "made up of a handful of New Jersey widows." They are also known as Just Four Moms from New Jersey, the 9/11 Widows, and the Jersey Girls. 

Members
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 * Kristen Breitweiser is a founding member and Co-Chairperson of the Advocates and "founding member of the 9/11 Commission's 'Family Steering Committee.' Breitweiser lost her husband Ronald in WTC Tower Two and was one of the driving forces behind the creation of the 9/11 Commission when the congressional 9/11 joint intelligence inquiry was restricted, redacted and stonewalled. ... As a knowledgeable and trusted representative of the 9/11 victim family community, Breitweiser has been widely called 'conscience of 9/11'."  She is also a member of the Advisory Committee for the "Memoria Project", "an endeavor to create a lasting tribute to the victims and survivors of September 11th and to enrich all who come into contact with it in the process."
 * Mindy Kleinberg is a founding member; "Alan Kleinberg was a NASDAQ security trader with Cantor Fitzgerald in the North Tower of the WTC on the 104th Floor. He was 39 and had been a NASDAQ security trader for 15 years."
 * Patty Casazza, widow of John Casazza
 * Lorie van Auken, widow of Kenneth van Auken

SourceWatch Resources

 * 9-11 Truth Movement
 * National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9-11 Commission)
 * September 11, 2001
 * weapons of mass destruction
 * weapons of mass destruction investigation