Senator dies in a plane crash October 26, 2002 Eleven days before an election A senator and his family are killed by a two engine monster Ten a.m. in a storm filled sky, freezing rain falling in sheets The airport so close seems so far away Veering off course, ground rushing upward Colliding with the pine tree sentinels of a desolate swamp Wreckage smoldering for hours People pray, hope Grievance is extreme, friends and foes alike …
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…to touch the television, and suddenly I become part of the scene The feeling of the place is bittersweet in taste This is the taste of sadness mixed in with the love in a family Suddenly I realize that the young man is me The display suddenly disappears I realize that the flame symbolizes my determination to go on, not to give up I go back to reality, the peculiar window display changing me forever