[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 7 (Tuesday, February 5, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E81]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO SUSAN CLYNE

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                           HON. STEVE ISRAEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 5, 2002

  Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Speaker, I received this compassionate letter earlier 
this month from a constituent of mine. The letter once again gives us a 
sense of how many amazing people we lost in the attack on the United 
States of America on September 11, 2001, such as Susan Clyne. Susan was 
a hard working and loving individual who always fought to achieve the 
goals she set for herself. I ask all of my colleagues to recognize 
Susan and her husband, Charlie Clyne, who wrote the letter. We will 
never forget the innocent victims of September 11. I ask that Mr. 
Clyne's letter be made part of the Record.

       Sue loved her job at Marsh and loved the view from her 96th 
     floor office. She had just recently been promoted to SVP and 
     she deserved it. She went to school nights after high school 
     to get her degrees. After graduating in three years she set 
     her sights on law school all the while working a full time 
     job. She graduated law school and passed the N.Y.S. bar on 
     the first try. She never stepped foot into a courtroom. She 
     loved computers and since computer law wasn't very popular at 
     the time, she choose to stay in insurance where she carved 
     her niche first as a programmer (self-taught) then up the 
     ladder to manager, AVP, VP, and SVP. She continued going to 
     night school through the 90's for her MBA. She was upset that 
     she could not graduate before the birth of our twins in 1990. 
     However, as soon as she felt up to the task she completed her 
     MBA just before the birth of our second son in 1991. Did I 
     mention that she loved computers? She also shared her love 
     with our kids. She would mesmerize them with cd roms of 
     Mickey starting with shapes and colors then on to pre ``K'' 
     cd's, math blaster reader rabbit etc. They could work a mouse 
     by the time they were two and were programming by the time 
     they were six. Her education didn't stop with three children. 
     She continued on for various certifications all pertaining to 
     computers until the birth of our last child in 1997. Another 
     change took place in 1997. Her company continued to expand 
     and decided to lease space at the World Trade Center. She was 
     thrilled to move. She let education take a back seat for a 
     while by taken home study courses for her CPCU. She juggled 
     work, family and studying. Her children were her treasures. 
     She adored them and they worshipped her. Her office was 
     filled with their pictures. She developed a family web site 
     with pictures, slide shows and most recently streaming video. 
     (www.clyne.com) They were truly her angels. Sue got up every 
     morning at 4:45 and was on the 6:00 train to the city. We 
     never saw her that morning. We never even had a chance to say 
     good-bye. In an instant, some radical religious moron decided 
     it was her time.

     

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