Lorie Van Auken

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Lorie Van Auken is a 9/11 widow, one of the "Jersey Girls". Her husband, Kenneth Van Auken, was a bond trader at Cantor Fitzgerald L.P., and worked on the 105th floor of WTC Tower One. Along with three other 9/11 New Jersey widows (Kristen Breitweiser, Mindy Kleinberg and Patty Casazza), Lorie worked to form the 9/11 Commission, despite attempts by The White House to block it.

After the release of the 9/11 Commission Report, Lorie and the other Jersey Girls held a series of press conferences which were highly critical of the Commission. She accused the commissioners of ignoring key evidence which would have demonstrated incompetence and/or criminality in the conduct of government officials, both before and on 9/11.