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Title: Senator Wellstone dies
Post by: JimH on October 25, 2002, 11:08:33 am

Some bad news.  Senator Paul Wellstone, of Minnesota (where JRiver is) and his wife, Sheila just died in a plane crash while campaigning in northern Minnesota.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=578&ncid=578&e=1&u=/nm/20021025/ts_nm/crash_wellstone_dc

Paul was a champion of the less fortunate Americans.  It's a great loss for Minnesota and the nation.

Title: Re: Senator Wellstone dies
Post by: KingSparta on October 25, 2002, 11:24:13 am

Yea i know, to include one of his kids, been watching it for the last few hours on FOXNEWS

to include 3 aids and two pilots

Title: Re: Senator Wellstone dies
Post by: Nick_LeFave on October 25, 2002, 11:25:16 am

Though, I always didn't agree with him, I respected him as a man willing to stand for his issues. Too bad Iowa (where I am from), does not send more men like him to Washington (Senator Grassley of Iowa may be the exception).

Title: Re: Senator Wellstone dies
Post by: sekim on October 25, 2002, 03:02:54 pm

The news of this spread like wildfire thru the site today. It is a great loss for Minnesota, and many who stood beside him. He was also a champion for the trades, and will be sorely missed.

A Good Man

Title: Re: Senator Wellstone dies
Post by: Scronch on October 25, 2002, 03:48:33 pm

Wellstone's politics aside, no family should experience the grief that his two sons are now saddled with.  My heart goes out to them.

Scronch

Title: Re: Senator Wellstone dies
Post by: DocLotus on October 26, 2002, 10:53:43 am

From what I have been hearing, he was a man who stood up for his believes & believed what he stood for.

Several years ago, we in Texas had a very good senator die in a plane crash in Africa.  He was trying to do good for the common man.

Seems like the good die young.

Paul will be missed by many. God bless him.