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To: NorCoGOP; Molly Pitcher
6) The gaping hole in the hull of the USS Cole.

I have never seen the following info on FR (though it certainly could have been and I missed it) and have been reluctant to mention it myself ..... but perhaps the time has come.

One of the victims on the USS Cole was a young lady from near Charlotte, NC ...... Lakeina Monique Francis, age 19. She was a mess mangagement specialist.

..... her remains were the last to be found but her family was finally able to have a funeral for the young lady.

Months later, the family was notified that additional remains had been found. The family had a second burial service, this time using a child-sized coffin.

When I think of the nightmare of a family going through that ..... two separate funerals for the same beloved child ..... I burn with rage .....

..... just as I smolder when I think of the 2-year-old on one of the planes that crashed into the WTC. Any group of people who would use an innocent toddler as a weapon in that way is depraved beyond my comprehension!

These evil people must be destroyed before they destroy us. And the thought that x42 at best looked the other way and did nothing angers me beyond words!!!

30 posted on 09/16/2002 3:53:05 PM PDT by kayak
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To: kayak
So sad, Kay. Glad a proper burial was able to take place........
34 posted on 09/16/2002 4:00:58 PM PDT by Molly Pitcher
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