I can’t believe that is an active Captain would write that (but I believe that would happen). I would check Snopes later on and see if there is any truth to that letter.
IIRC, that was an e-mail the Capt. sent to a friend. That friend started it on it’s way around the WWW without deleting the Capt’s name. I believe he’s already gotten some flack over it.
Here’s a link to “the rest of the story” about that e-mail
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_10004597?source=rss
I am not sure how to check the accuracy but it sounded more like a personal note to his family to me, so I don’t doubt it is true.