(from Jeff Passan @Yahoo)
Passan's piece is probably the best piece of writing I've seen in a while--able to walk the line of memory, reflection without falling into sentimentality.
My reaction to it might be influenced by the still distinct memories I have of walking through the Carnation Mall in Alliance, Ohio in December 1988 when the piped-in mood music was interrupted by the announcer voice telling us Christmas shoppers that a plane had crashed over Lockerbie, Scotland, and Alliance's own Pete Vulcu, a neighbor during elementary school and later a HS classmate, was among those killed.
Eventually, of course, we all learned more about Pan Am Flight 103 than we ever thought we would.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/lockerbie--a-story-beyond-tragedy--a-story-of-curling-and-olympic-pride-090727925.html
Passan's piece is probably the best piece of writing I've seen in a while--able to walk the line of memory, reflection without falling into sentimentality.
My reaction to it might be influenced by the still distinct memories I have of walking through the Carnation Mall in Alliance, Ohio in December 1988 when the piped-in mood music was interrupted by the announcer voice telling us Christmas shoppers that a plane had crashed over Lockerbie, Scotland, and Alliance's own Pete Vulcu, a neighbor during elementary school and later a HS classmate, was among those killed.
Eventually, of course, we all learned more about Pan Am Flight 103 than we ever thought we would.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/lockerbie--a-story-beyond-tragedy--a-story-of-curling-and-olympic-pride-090727925.html
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