SAMANTHA was named for SAMANTHA LIGHTBOURN-ALLEN, who paid the ultimate price in the attack on America September 11, 2001. Samantha Lightbourn-Allen, age 36, Hillside, Maryland, was employed as a Budget Analyst in the Resource Services in the Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army by theUnited States Army and lost her life in the Pentagon. The mother of two children, a 16-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter, Ms. Lightbourn-Allen is also survived by her husband, , and twin sister, Rennea. We salute Ms. Lightbourn-Allen, a hero, and name this gorgeous kitten in her honor.

(Source: The Baltimore Sun 9/28/01, The Chicago Tribune)