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[jboyn]

This is one of the most heart breaking stories I've seen in a long time, and to make it even more saddening, it all happened within site of my office. I was not here on Monday, when a military fighter jet lost power over the ocean, then tried to limp in to the Miramar marine corps base a few miles from here. On the way, it lost its second engine,

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[anonymous]

I agree with Anne -- when I saw the story on the internet before they even knew if there had been people in the house, I thought of the pilot and what he must be going through -- not knowing, and then learning, and especially with children in the house.

Aside from that, I was so frustrated with the news coverage of the story here in Seattle -- they showed lots of footage of the house "engulfed in flames" and "damage to a second home", only adding as a mere footnote that PEOPLE had been killed (at the time, they were reporting only two deaths). Lots of words about the structural damage and cost of the jet, but then, "oh yeah, some folks died too... Now about those Seahawks..."