Nick Arnett wrote: > On 2/23/06, Robert G. Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> I do not doubt Soffars guilt. My brother knew the guy, and he was a >> well know thug amongst the young people in Friendswood. > > > Rob, > > Are you from Friendswood? Perhaps you told me back when Wes was > killed... but that's his home town.
For a couple of years in the late 70s I lived across the street from Wes' old high school. Most of my siblings graduated there, though the youngest was a few years older than Wes. I lived in that house again for a couple of years in the early 90s, but that too was before Wes' time there. The house where I had the run in with Soffar was a different house a couple of miles away. > I know the police chief there, > as a result. He's an former Marine. I met the mayor, too, who > didn't know how the town got its name, sadly. Friendswood was settled by Quakers.....The Society Of Friends......It is hard to imagine anyone living there not being aware of that. The town has some history. My step-father, an engineer for Hughes Tool and later at NASA-JSC, was a Quaker and I suppose that is where I learned this. > > I'm fairly certain that the guy who killed Wes was not from > Friendswood. Very unlikely<G> > > I just returned from North Carolina, where I visited my family, with > a side trip to meet Wes' crew chief, who was so badly injured by the > same rocket that killed Wes that it is astonishing, miraculous, that > he survived. He's doing okay now. It was a good meeting. Turns > out > Wes was killed by a 123mm rocket, not an RPG. His whole crew was > hurt, but his crew chief was the most serious -- the most serious of > his entire battalion. Now I know where it happened, what they were > doing and so forth, which is good. His crew chief feels responsible > -- he had just asked Wes to do something (start the vehicle) he > could > have done himself... thinks he should have. Very hard... > Poor guy.:( Survivors guilt spreads thick or thin but can also spread very far. I hope he is getting some counciling. xponent Care For Survivors Too Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
