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In lugnet.general, Anthony Sava writes:
> The crew of the Columbia knew the risks when they signed up. They knew
> something could go wrong. They went up anyway. The went in spite of the
> risks. For whatever reason that they went, they went just the same.
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> So are they heroes? I'd like to think they are. They weren't in the wrong
> place at the wrong time, they volunteered to be where they were. They
> understood the risks. The accepted what might happen to them.
>
> But to me, they didn't go up astronauts and come back heroes. To me, they were
> heroes before they were shot up into space. They represented the hopes and
> dreams of thousands of people, and though they died, those hopes and dreams
> remain.
>
> For Heroes may fade away, but dreams will never die.
>
> So this is my response. We pay so much attention to this horrible accident
> because they were heroes. While their lives mean no more than any other lives
> lost today, or yesterday, or all the days that have or will pass, the dreams
> they took with them into space are more valuable than any gem or treasure
> known. And though they did die, those dreams will live on, beyond this event,
> and beyond our lives as well.
>
> I can only hope to be so fortunate as they, to be so close to heaven when it is
> my turn to become just a memory, and pass my dreams on to others.
I'm glad that you wrote this. I feel very much the same way.
Thanks.
Joe Meno
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