Beverly Eckert (May 29, 1951 – February 12, 2009) was an activist and advocate for the creation of the &lt;a href="9/11%20Commission"&gt;9/11 Commission&lt;/a&gt;. She was one of the members of the &lt;a href="9/11%20Family%20Steering%20Committee"&gt;9/11 Family Steering Committee&lt;/a&gt; for the 9/11 Commission. Eckert's husband, Sean Rooney, died at age 50 in the attacks of September 11, 2001. She pushed for a commission to investigate 9/11 and to establish a memorial.