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The Jang family was seated at the rear of Asiana flight 214, July 6, when the plane crashed in San Francisco. Courtesy photo
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Greenwood Village family recounts San Francisco plane crash By Tom Barry The Jang family of Greenwood Village had planned an exceptional vacation to their homeland of South Korea to have their children experience their heritage. Jun, 45, and his wife Shinyi, 40, left their homeland around 30 years ago for the United States. Their oldest, Esther, 15, had visited South Korea with her par-
The Jang family, Esther, Jun, Sara and Joseph, posed for a photo at their home in Greenwood Village one week after they were involved in a plane crash aboard Asiana Airlines in San Francisco. Their mother Shinyi had gone upstairs to rest as she was in pain and discomfort. ents when she was 2 years old. She will be a sophomore at Cherry Creek High School this year. The younger siblings, Joseph, 13, and Sara, 11, will return to Campus Middle School. All of the children swim competitively and play musical instruments. Esther has been on the Creek team and also swims with the Colorado Stars year-round, along with teammate Missy Franklin. The Jang family resides in The Reserve at Cherry Creek, along with Shinyi’s dad Hong and her mother Myong Yoon who lives nearby on the southwest edge of the Cherry Creek State Park.
Shinyi and her three kids packed their bags for a memorable month long vacation. Jun, a product manager, joined them two weeks later. Each of the roundtrip tickets cost about $2,000 for the 6,000-mile trek. “We all were able to spend time with cousins, aunts and uncles, it was a good vacation experience,” said Shinyi, who works at the High Plains Elementary School with kindergarteners in the Before and After School Program. “I enjoyed seeing family and meeting friends and shopping,” said Esther. “We went around the country,
we visited a lot of places, nontourist places and had a lot of good food,” said Jun. “The No. 1 purpose [of this vacation] was for the kids to experience their heritage.”
One flight changed lives
Flight 214 from Seoul, South Korea, to San Francisco, July 6, “was very normal, nothing special,” said Jun, a frequent flyer. On its descent, the Asiana Airliner was allegedly going to slow in its approach to the runway. The plane’s tail slammed into a seawall detaching it from the Continued on page 2
Cool Planet Energy Systems HQ coming to Greenwood Village
By Jan Wondra It’s official. The announcement on July 10 on the steps of the Colorado State Capitol confirmed that Cool Planet Energy Systems, a California startup that has captured venture capital from Google Ventures, is moving its headquarters from Ventura County, Calif., to Greenwood Village. The company turns biomass material, including beetle-kill forests, into energy-efficient gasoline and, newly confirmed, an inert carbon called biochar that acts as a soil enhancer for agricultural production. The move is expected to create hundreds of jobs according to Gov. John Hickenlooper and company CEO Howard Janzen.
“What Cool Planet is doing is taking bio mass and turning it into fuel,” said Hickenlooper. “They’re not just carbon-neutral, they’re carbon negative. This is exactly the kind of company that fits here in Colorado.” “By selecting Colorado as the location for our global headquarters and with plans to locate our first manufacturing facility here, we’re moving closer to commercializing our revolutionary carbon negative fuel technology,” said Cool Planet Energy Systems CEO Howard Janzen. “We have a history with the state’s bioenergy leaders at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Colorado University, Colorado State University and Continued on page 4
Gov. John Hickenlooper looks on as Cool Planet CEO Howard Janzen explains his company’s environmentally-supportive biomass production process. Cool Planet is moving its international headquarters to the Plaza Tower One Building in Greenwood Village. Photo by Jan Wondra