The race for AE911Truth to reach 2,000 architect and engineer petition signers in August 2013 gave volunteer Elaine French just the challenge she was looking for.

AE911Truth volunteer Elaine French has single-handedly verified over 100 architects and engineers who signed our petition

A retired flight attendant living in Mesquite, NV, Elaine was introduced to the 9/11 Truth movement in 2006 when a friend sent her a link to the video Loose Change. In 2012, she visited the AE911Truth website after seeing one of our videos and learned that founder Richard Gage, AIA, would be speaking at a venue near her home. She offered to volunteer while at that event, and Richard gave her the assignment of updating his blog while he was on the 9/11: Explosive Evidence – Experts Speak Out World Premiere tour.

Eventually, Elaine moved to the AE911Truth Verifications Team, where she has been confirming the credentials of US-based architects and engineers. She played a dominant role in ensuring that we had the signatures of 2000 A/Es on our petition by this year's 9/11 anniversary.

The Verifications Team does a whole lot of work, and it takes a certain special person to really get it. Elaine French has mastered all the required skills and inspired us all with her amazing dedication.

–Laura Nieboer

Elaine said most of the architects and engineers she contacted were friendly and eager to get their names on the petition. She found it interesting that the group comprises a broad political spectrum, ranging from Tea Party conservatives to committed socialists. “One thing they all have in common is that they want a new investigation into the events of 9/11”, she explained.

Verifications Team Leader Laura Nieboer is deeply thankful for Elaine's contributions. “The Verifications Team does a whole lot of work, and it takes a certain special person to really get it," she said. "Elaine French has mastered all the required skills and inspired us all with her amazing dedication.”

"I'm determined to live long enough to see the perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks brought to justice."

– Elaine French

Elaine was a 747 in-flight director on Pan Am’s prestigious round-the-world trips out of London. Then she spent 28 years flying to Asia and the South Pacific out of Honolulu. She said, “It was a great experience to work with people from all over the world, and I enjoyed learning about other cultures. Before long, I discarded my youthful belief in American exceptionalism, seeing it as an arrogant and artificial construct that was demeaning to the citizens of other countries.”

Elaine's years traveling in the South Pacific gave her a unique perspective that has helped her connect with many AE911Truth supporters

While Elaine was in Hawaii, she worked for a physician who used a vegan diet to reverse chronic disease. She has followed a vegan diet herself for over 30 years, remaining healthy and active in retirement. She showed some of her boundless resilience when she stated, “I’m determined to live long enough to see the perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks brought to justice.”

You can follow Elaine's lead by becoming a new volunteer on one of our many AE911Truth teams or supporting us in a variety of other ways. Whether you donate as an AE911Truth member, take action in your local area or share our compelling documentaries with your friends and family, your efforts make a difference in our push for a new 9/11 investigation.