AirCraft Casualty Emotional Support Services ("ACCESS") is an American nonprofit support group based in
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...
that helps surviving family members of aircraft crash victims.
The organization was created by Heidi Snow, then fiancee of French hockey player
Michel Breistroff, who died in the
TWA Flight 800
Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (TWA800) was a Boeing 747-100 that exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York, on July 17, 1996, at about 8:31pm. EDT, 12 minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy Internationa ...
disaster.
The
American Red Cross provided services for two weeks, after which survivors were left to arrange support on their own. Snow contacted
Rudolph Giuliani, then Mayor of New York City, who in turn suggested that she contact families of victims of an earlier crash,
Pan Am Flight 103. After organizing the nonprofit, she arranged meetings between these families and those of victims of other major aviation disasters, including
9/11.
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External links
accesshelp.org
- official website
References
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Charities based in New York City
Aviation in the United States