for Chipsie

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There are a lot of creeps trying to make a buck any way they can. This, in my opinion, is one of the reasons American life isn't the same as it used to be. Morals have declined. You can be so proud of your daughter. Be proud of yourself for not selling your soul to the soul eating tabloids.

Cheryl in CA

-- what really got to me was this...

I am sure we have all seen the technological marvel that brought thecole back to the states....that boat that sinks and places the cole onits deck, then rises again...it was indeed a wonder...when the ship got to pasacagoula the personal affects of the sailorswere taken from their racks and boxed for transport to them. Mydaughter lost all of her uniforms...the smell of the dead could not comeout...she did manage to salvage two porcelain dolls from spain thatsurvived the blast...body parts were still being found behind things...The entire ship had to be gutted...Some of the sailors on board did not think very much about the sacrificethat some of their brethen made...they took pictures and videos and soldthem to new organizations and were comprensated...although they did notsell them under their name I am so...but somehow the pictures of theinside of the ship and the carnage got out....it was very strange thatone guy shot a video and the next day he showed up at work in a newsports car and he swore he did not sell the tape...go figure...I do notbelieve it is right to make something from a shipmates death...that isvery horrendous in my eyes.B. was asked for interviews by many, many news agencies. One of thesailors that was with here did do an interview with the today show andkept mentioning B.'s name...they wanted to know where B was...he saidshe would not give an interview...When the crew all got back together, the sailor who was pulled out ofthe messhall by my daughter with a head injury was descending the planeand he saw her and yelled to her....his five year old baby boy ran up toher and gave her a big hug on her legs and told her :thank you forsaving my dad's life:. Of course a journalists over heard this andwanted an interview and was very persistent. This was a Nationalnewspaper a very prestigious one...he kept on and on and finally shesaid what part of No don't you ............. not understand....(yep sheis a sailor and talks like one)...I felt closure when I went to the memorial...when I saw the cole again.My daughter went on board the day it came back into port after beingfixed....it was a cold and rainy and foggy day....you could not hardlysee the end of the pier....the blast sailors and their families wereseparated from the current sailors....they did not want themtogether...as the cole came thru a fog bank...the crying started...andthe screaming...of those that lost loved ones...my daughter said it wasso hard...so hard...she cried tons and tons...the blast sailors andtheir families were allowed to go onto the Cole first...but but mydaughter did ot move...she waited until there was only ten minutes leftand then she slowly went up the gang plank....she walked the halls andcame to the messhall ...there she stopped and she saw those seventeenstars on the floor for those that perished....she also stood right whereshe was when it happened...it was then and only then that she realizedhow close to death she had been...She did have an Angel with her thatday...She will never step foot on the cole again...too many painful memories Always Remember the ColeSome gave someSome gave all...Remember the USS Cole...October 12, 2000

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