Alan Beaven
From September 11 Memories
Alan Beaven (October 15, 1952 - September 11, 2001) was an experienced New Zealand attorney. He was a law professor at King's College in London, a criminal defense attorney, a lead prosecutor at Scotland Yard, a private commercial lawyer, an investments representative and a trial attorney in New York. In 1992 he helped form the firm Stammell Tabacco and Singer in SanFrancisco. He successfully sued Shell Oil over its selenium discharges in 1992 on the behalf of California fishermen. In 1997 he sued the city of Pacifica, California for violating the United States Clean Water Act with its sewage treatment.
Beaven died at 48, in the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. He was on his way to the San Francisco area to prepare for his final trial before a planned sabbatical to Mumbai, India. It is believed that he was one of the passengers that overtook the hijackers after learning about the other three planes in the terrorist attack.
He is survived by his wife, Kimi Beaven and daughter, Sonali Beaven, along with two sons from a previous marriage, John Beaven and Chris Beaven.
Tributes
Alan was a great person for not letting the plane hit the white house and he will allways be in New Zealanders hearts and well as Americans hearts and i would like to say well done to Sonali Beaven for singing Let Us Be United,Sonali You sounded great.
Love Amanda (Age14) [02:21, 23 September 2002 202.27.176.157]
