"Before that moment, in America, sport climbing was cheap; it was not really respected," Phil Powers, the executive director of the American Alpine Club, said last week.
"In certain ways this case is more about class, deference and mutual respect," said Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum in Washington, a nonprofit group focused on improving police tactics.
"We believe each individual who lost their life on that tragic day should be treated with honor and extraordinary respect," said Edie Lutnick, the executive director of the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund.
It is true, however, that the N.F.L. and the association have had amicable discussions, and the league respects Larry Kennan, the association's executive director.
"I urge all parties to the conflict to meet their obligations to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure and take active steps to respect international humanitarian law," David Beasleye, executive director of the U.N. World Food Programme, said in a statement.
"He made the problem worse in some key respects," said Jean M. Ross, the executive director of the left-leaning California Budget Project.
The party, which was nondenominational, was in the spirit of principles all families share, such as love, hope and respect, said Susan Fox, the executive director of the Shorefront YM-YWHA of Brighton and Manhattan Beach.
