Friday, August 14, 2009

18 YEARS....6 MONTHS....11 DAYS



Think of all those years and the things that have happened in your life.........How about being a Wife, Child or a dear Friend and not knowing if your Husband,Father or Friend was a casuality of war,missing or captured during that entire time...... with rumors of his whereabouts being bantered about.....such as his initials being found in various locations where prisioners had been
"detained"......

Dead,,,,,Alive.....Healthy.......Sick..........Mistreated.........This has been the life of the family and friends of Navy Pilot Scott Speicher who was shot out of the air in the first Gulf War and initially listed as the first casualty of the war in 1991.The wreckage and his remains could not be located and the years started to pass.......with rumors abounding that he was being held prisioner and his initials were found on walls at certain locations

In October, 2002 his status was changed to missing/captured at a news conference by VP Cheney without explanation..........In the meantime his Friend,
Buddy Harris , a fellow Navy Airman , had married his widow, Joanne . They brought up the children of Scott & Joanne along with having two other children........

SUDDENLY, ......WITHOUT NOTICE WORD CAME APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO THAT SCOTT'S REMAINS AND WRECKAGE WERE DISCOVERED..........The Friend and Step Father to Scott's Children.......went to the Dover , Delaware Air Base and brought Scott Speicher to his final resting place in Jacksonville ,Fl. The services were held today Aug 14 ,2009..............

Thank God......for all the good in your life.....and pray that this family now finds some rest and comfort that this brave soul is home.......and that they will find closure to this nightmare......and discover the true meaning in their unlikely story...........

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