Family of Irish victims plan to fly out for funeral

The family of Ruth Clifford-McCourt and her daughter are now planning to travel to the United States to attend her funerals.

The family of Ruth Clifford-McCourt and her daughter are now planning to travel to the United States to attend their funerals.

Ruth Clifford-McCourt, 45, and her four-year-old daughter Juliana were based in Connecticut and had been on the second of two hijacked planes used to devastate the twin towers.

None of the passengers are expected to have survived.

Ironically, Ruth’s brother Ronnie Clifford was in one of the offices in the tower when his sister’s plane struck it. He managed to get out of the building alive.

Meanwhile, one of some 250 fire fighters missing in the rubble of the World Trade Centre is originally from Dundalk. The family of Tim McSweeney is anxiously waiting for news.

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