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Restoring article

The recent deletion and redirect was done without the process of an AFD nomination or any other discussion. There was a deletion discussion already on this very subject, and the result was to preserve her article. Betty Ong is plenty notable as an individual - 20,000+ google hits, a mural monument to her, a foundation in her honor, plenty of citations in major newspapers, and there are still news reports about her six years after her death. Her thoughtful actions did much to assist the process of investigating the 9/11 hijackings. It's a bit of a slight to her memory to call her non-notable simply because she was an extraordinary but previously unknown person caught up in extraordinary events. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikidemo (talkcontribs) 21:50, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

changed procedures

According to some 10th anniversary news reports, her handling of the hijack lead to a new procedure, having to do with contacting home base and passing information about the hijack and hijackers... 76.65.129.5 (talk) 23:28, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I would hope so since reading the conversation one can see a good number of mistakes made by the op. center. Anyway, any source on your claim would be helpful