Deena Burnett Bailey, author of “Fighting Back: Living Life Beyond Ourselves,” will share her perspective as the widow of Flight 93 hero Tom Burnett and how she overcame her personal tragedy from Sept. 11, 2001, during an upcoming appearance at Arkansas Tech University.
Burnett Bailey will be the Ross Pendergraft Library and Technology Center Second Monday Author Series speaker on Sept. 11. Her remarks will begin at 6 p.m. in room 300 of the library, which is located at 305 West Q Street in Russellville. Admission will be free and open to the public.
A native of Arkansas, Burnett Bailey was raised on a cotton farm in the Desha County community of Halley. She grew up to become a flight attendant living in Georgia, which led her to meet Tom Burnett. They were married in 1992 and became parents of daughters Halley, Madison and Anna Clare.
On Sept. 11, 2001, Tom was a passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 from Newark to San Francisco. It was hijacked and later crashed in Shanksville, Pa. There were no survivors.
Burnett Bailey wrote “Fighting Back” following the events of Sept. 11, 2001, and it was published by Advantage Inspirational in 2006. According to information provided by the publisher, the book “demonstrates how each of us can move forward through the hardships of life and have a positive impact on others through the belief that at some point in our lives, we are all called on to be heroes.”
Copies of the book will be available for purchase during Burnett Bailey’s appearance at ATU on Monday, Sept. 11.
Learn more about “Fighting Back” at www.amazon.com/Fighting-Back-Living-Beyond-Ourselves/dp/159755037X.
For more information about the ATU Second Monday Author Series, contact Luke Heffley at (479) 964-0546.
