> We have lost some people to accidents too Hatton, but that happens anyway. > In 10 years of AF duty I lost 23 friends in aircraft accidents. 15 at one > time in Turkey. Engine fell off the plane. Lord mount failed. Was > a bummer. > Others died at Red Flag.
I've lost shipmates myself. I had to bury a roommate when he went white-water rafting. The raft he was in hit a fluke and he knocked out of the raft and unconscious. His life vest caught on a tree in the water and the current pulled him under. He was pinned and drowned. The hardest thing I had to do was escorting his casket home and meeting his family. Even now, almost 5 years later, it still chokes me up. Accidents do happen, that is because no individual is perfect and no gear is perfect. I was a tech in the Navy, and my job was to make sure the gear that I dealt with ran within operational specifications. They weren't "perfect", there were tolerances for everything. And gear does break. Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
