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<BR> I remember, years ago, when my father, having recently become a
<BR>firefighter, had to respond to small hunting cabin on the outskirts of town.
<BR>Eight people had gone to sleep in there, being kept comfortably warm by the
<BR>heat being given off by an ordinary barbecue grill. Eight bodies were removed
<BR>from the cabin, several days later, when they were missed by their family
<BR>members. They literally went to sleep and never woke up, due to the carbon
<BR>monoxide fumes from the smoldering grill. The experience changed my father in
<BR>some small way, as did other instances in the his career as a firefighter,
<BR>but I will never forget the deflated look in his eyes when he came home that
<BR>day. So many lives lost to a simple mistake.
<BR> I was very saddened to hear of this news from Estrella, and my prayers
<BR>are with the families of those now lost to us. Let us all learn from this, so
<BR>that such a wasteful loss shall never occur again. I don't think a night will
<BR>go by at Gulf Wars, when I won't think about this terrible loss, before I
<BR>shut my eyes.
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<BR>In humble service,
<BR> Jen
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