Senator dies in a plane crash October 26, 2002 Eleven days before an election A senator and his family are killed by a two engine monster Ten a.m. in a storm filled sky, freezing rain falling in sheets The airport so close seems so far away Veering off course, ground rushing upward Colliding with the pine tree sentinels of a desolate swamp Wreckage smoldering for hours People pray, hope Grievance is extreme, friends and foes alike …showed first 75 words of 780 total…

…showed last 75 words of 780 total…to touch the television, and suddenly I become part of the scene The feeling of the place is bittersweet in taste This is the taste of sadness mixed in with the love in a family Suddenly I realize that the young man is me The display suddenly disappears I realize that the flame symbolizes my determination to go on, not to give up I go back to reality, the peculiar window display changing me forever