Henkels & McCoy Timeline: 2002
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2002 |
 Among some of the more notable projects
of this year, H&M is contracted by Conectiv, a utility supplying electric
service to almost one million customers in New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland
and Virginia, to install 25 miles of 230kV line (with 115kV underbuild for
half of the project). The project includes installation of concrete
foundations, driven caisson foundations, structure erection, conductor
installation, existing line removal and the transfer of existing conductors
(left: a pre-dawn tower installation via helicopter assist, in Delaware)...
Kenneth L. Rose, Ph.D. is elected Vice Chairman and retains the title of
Chief Executive Officer. T. Roderick (Rod) Henkels is elected
President and retains the title of Chief Operating Officer. Vice
President and Division Manager
Jonathan C. Schoff
is elected Chief Operating Officer… ...
HENKELS & McCOY and 9/11
Through hard work, single-mindedness
and determination, the Pentagon Phoenix Project is successful; all
restoration work is completed within a year of the terrorist attack. For Henkels &
McCoy, this means a redo of previously completed work that was destroyed, as
well as work that was scheduled to be done. Henkels & McCoy receives a
Safety Award from its insurer for 100,000 hours without an employee man-hour
lost due to injury (See September 11, below).
January 1
Introduction of Euro banknotes and coins in most of the European Union
countries.
January 16
US Attorney General John Ashcroft announces that American Taliban member
John Walker Lindh will be tried in the United States. Also this day: UN
Security Council establishes an arms embargo and freezes assets of Osama bin
Laden, Al Qaeda, and the remaining Taliban.
January 22
Kmart Corp files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
January 29 or January 30
Daniel Pearl, journalist for the Wall Street Journal, is brutally murdered
following a kidnapping, in Pakistan. He was en route to an "interview
appointment" when he was snatched. His grisly death is recorded on videotape
and sent to the US.
February 8 - 24
2002 Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City, Utah.
 February 13
Queen Elizabeth II gives former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani
("Rudy") an
honorary knighthood, in part because of the courage, calm, and compassion he
displayed in the aftermath of the events of 9/11. Guiliani, left, flies over
the WTC site at Ground Zero with President Bush and New York Governor George
Pataki, soon after the attack, in 2001.
March 1
US troops invade eastern Afghanistan, in opening of Operation Anaconda.
Photo: (below) US Army doctor examines Afghan children.
 March 12
Texas housewife Andrea Yates is found guilty of drowning her five children
on June 20, 2001. She will be sentenced to life imprisonment.
March 19
Operation Anaconda ends with deaths of 500 Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters;
eleven allied troops are killed in the operation.
March 21
Four suspects are charged with murder for their part in the kidnapping and
killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, in Pakistan.
April 29
Henkels & McCoy Network Systems and Solutions Divisions moves into its
new, dedicated headquarters in Montgomeryville, Pa.
May 10
Disgraced FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life without the
possibility of parole for selling government secrets to Moscow for $1.4
million.
May 22
A jury in Birmingham, Alabama convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby
Frank Cherry of the murders of four little girls in the 16th Street Baptist
Church bombing in1963.
May 26
Mars Odyssey finds evidence of huge water ice deposits on Mars.
June 4
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh celebrate the Queen's 50 years
on the throne. In New York City, the Empire State Building is lit in regal
purple, in her honor.
 June 10
John Gotti (mugshot, left) New York City based Mafia boss, aka The Dapper Don, dies in "the
joint".
June 18
Arizona experiences its worst forest fire, burning 462,606 acres near the Mogollon Rim.
July 5
Iraq once again rejects new UN weapons inspections proposals, prompting
Western speculation on Iraqi secret Weapons of Mass Destruction program.
July 13
A lighting strike sets off a massive fire in Oregon and northern California,
which is left to burn almost half a million acres. The blaze is finally
contained on September 5.
July 15
"American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the
enemy and for the possession of explosives during the commission of a
felony. Lindh is sentenced to serve 10 years in prison for each of the
charges.
July 21
WorldCom files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
August 19
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan recommends that Iraq allow weapons
inspectors to return to the country, in accordance with previous UN
resolutions.
 September 11
In a ceremony at the site of the previous year's terror attack, President
George W. Bush (center) rededicates the Pentagon, and, during his remarks states that, "The
Pentagon is a working building, not a memorial." Among the honored
guests and attendees are employees of Henkels & McCoy, who successfully
complete our part of the Phoenix Project.
September 12
President Bush addresses the UN and challenges member nations to confront
the "grave and gathering danger" of Iraq or stand aside.
October 12
Terrorists detonate massive bombs in two nightclubs in Kuta, Bali, killing
202 people and injuring over 300. Most of the victims are Australian
tourists.
October 24
Snipers terrorize suburban Maryland, Northern Virginia and the District of
Columbia, claiming 10 victims. Two suspects, ex-Army sharpshooter John
Muhammad and 17-year old accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo, are caught.
 October 25
Paul Wellstone, (right) US Senator of Minnesota, and his wife and two of his children
are killed in a plane crash.
November 7
Iran bans advertising of US products.
November 8
UN Security Council Resolution 1441 states that the United Nations Security
Council unanimously approves a resolution on Iraq, forcing Saddam Hussein to
disarm or face "serious consequences".
November 25
President Bush signs the Homeland Security Act into law, establishing the
Department of Homeland Security. It is the largest government reorganization
since the creation of the Department of Defense following World War II.
December 7
Iraq files a 12,000 page weapons declaration (written in Arabic) with the UN
Security Council. The document is seen as incomplete by the Security Council
and weapons inspectors.
 ALSO IN 2002:
Jimmy Carter, (left) former US President, receives the Nobel Peace
Prize. Since leaving office in 1981 he has been instrumental in helping
to monitor political elections in the developing world. At home, Jimmy
Carter is best known for his selfless volunteer work for Habitat for
Humanity.
That's Show Biz
At the movies: Signs, Lord of the Rings/The Two Towers...
(Bleep). Former Black Sabbath front man and wild eyed (Bleep) rocker Ozzy
Osbourne and his (Bleep) family are the (Bleep) subjects of their very own
(Bleep) reality show, The Osbournes.
 Deaths
In 2002 the world loses:
John Entwistle, (left) bassist for The Who, English 60s rock band
Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's International (top, right)
Cyrus Vance, former United States Secretary of State
Peggy Lee, jazz singer
Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom
Waylon Jennings, country musician
Howard K. Smith, journalist
Chuck Jones, animator
Milton Berle, comedian, actor
Dudley Moore, comedian, actor
Billy Wilder, film screenwriter and director
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer on the Kon-Tiki expedition.
Dave Berg, cartoonist for Mad Magazine
Sam Snead, golfer
Dee Dee Ramone, founding member of The Ramones
Esther Lederer also known as Ann Landers, advice columnist
Ted Williams, Baseball Hall of Famer and player for the Boston Red Sox
 Rod Steiger, actor
Chaim Potok, novelist
Lionel Hampton, vibraphone virtuoso
Johnny Unitas, NFL quarterback
Richard Harris, actor and 60s era Angry Young Man (The Sporting Life,
Camelot, A Man Called Horse, the first two Harry Potter films)
James Coburn, actor (Our Man Flynt)
Roone Arledge, sports broadcasting pioneer
Joe Strummer, musician and member of 70s punk band The Clash
Rosemary Clooney, (bottom, right) singer-actress (Mambo Italiano, Come On
a My House)
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