"The FAA has made some good steps, " said Mark Moran, executive vice president of operations at Continental Airlines Inc.

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Mark Moran was killed outside his house in 2000, then, three years later, his brother Jason, who police believe was involved in the Gangitano and Williams shootings, was killed by a masked gunman in front of his twin children.

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Last year, Mark and Jason's father, Lewis Moran, was murdered.

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