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Re: Mentality of This Town
By Lynne Miller
February 08, 2006
Wednesday
Thank you Andrew Hamilton. I too mean no disrespect to the friends
and family of this pilot who lost his life while piloting a military
jet through our air space. My words here are not intended to
lessen the pain his passing must mean in their lives. I do question
the intent and "healing properties" to this community
of our city representatives honoring this person before a full
investigation into this incident has occurred. I call out here,
as does Mr. Hamilton, for the healing and honoring of those individuals,
their familes and friends so horribly impacted by this jet crashing
into a trailer park community in our town. I have read the newspaper
accounts of their rescues, of the terror of what they witnessed,
of the less than honorable way their lives were so wrongly FOREVER
changed. The term "hero" is something I cannot quantify
in this instance without knowing fully and completely what occurred
and why. But I certainly pray for Larry Mestas and all those
displaced, hurt and forever victimized by this jet crash and
hope that somehow today and/or tomorrow indeed our city's elected
representatives will see it reasonable to hold our own citizen's
best interests up at this time of great personal need.
Lynne Miller
Ketchikan, AK - USA
About: Lynne Miller is an eight
year resident of Ketchikan and a 20 + plus year resident of Southeast
Alaska.
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of this town By Andrew Hamilton - Ketchikan, AK - uSA
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