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Pioneer Press | 11/21/2002 | http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/local/4567272.htm Death of U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone: Impact, not fire, killed 8 in plane crash BY CHARLES LASZEWSKI Pioneer Press U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone and the seven others killed in a plane crash Oct. 25 died from the impact, not the fire that later engulfed the plane, the St. Louis County medical examiner said Wednesday. Dr. Thomas Uncini, St. Louis County's chief medical examiner, said he filed the death certificates Monday. In all eight cases, he listed the cause of death as "traumatic injury due to, or as a consequence of, an aviation crash with fire,'' he said. The finding is not expected to have an effect on the investigation into why the crash occurred. Uncini said his earlier examinations of the pilots had ruled out any type of medical condition such as a heart attack or a stroke. In addition, no one suffered from a gunshot wound, he said. "I looked,'' he said. "I X-rayed all the bodies and I looked for bullet fragments.'' The determination took more than three weeks after the crash just outside Eveleth because the fire destroyed so much of the bodies and because he hoped the Federal Aviation Administration laboratory in Oklahoma City could work with tissue from the bodies to determine if anyone survived the initial crash. The lab was unable to do tests on the passengers, who were more consumed by the flames than the pilots, Uncini said. He was able to obtain some blood from the pilots, and the lab confirmed there was no carbon monoxide in the blood, meaning they had died before they could inhale any smoke. Uncini concluded that all the victims died from the impact. The plane crashed about 10:20 a.m. while making its final approach at the Eveleth-Virginia airport in northeastern Minnesota. For some reason, the plane turned south, rather than continuing west the final several miles to the landing strip. It crashed into a heavily wooded bog about two miles from the airport and burst into flame. All aboard perished, including Wellstone; his wife, Sheila; their daughter, Marcia Wellstone Markuson; campaign staff members Tom Lapic, Mary McEvoy and Will McLaughlin; and pilots Capt. Richard Conry and Michael Guess. The National Transportation Safety Board has been investigating the cause of the crash. Paul Schlamm, a spokesman for the board, said the medical examiner's cause of death does not affect the investigation. There is nothing new to report on the investigation, he added, as investigators pore over the data they have collected. It will be months before the safety board issues a report. Charles Laszewski can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- End of forwarded message ------- -------------------------------------- Steve Wingate, Webmaster ANOMALOUS IMAGES AND UFO FILES http://www.anomalous-images.com Latest Update: Cydonia in 3-D http://www.anomalous-images.com/Odyssey/Cydonia_3-d.html <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
