[MikeD]

Sgt. Brian Dumpert and his wife lived next door to me in 1983-84, back when he was in the 82nd. I remember they'd come over with homemade popped popcorn (pre-microwave) to watch movies, and I'd roller skate on their carport. Sgt. Dumpert was also the person who taught me the word "wuss." (No, he didn't call me one -- I was only seven or eight at the time). His family had moved to Indiana by the time of the crash. He had an 18-month-old, and a newborn he had not yet seen. Sad, sad day all around.

[Verginius Rufus]

I didn't know any of the people killed in the crash, but I did drive through Gander a few years ago and was able to visit the memorial the people there put up at the crash site...a fine memorial but nothing can capture the inexpressible sadness of a disaster like this one.

There is a picture of the memorial at:

www.cdli.ca/monuments/nf/gander2.htm

(Sorry, don't know how to do a link.)

There are several online lists of the names of those who died, arranged by what state they were from, including these:

www.screamingeagle.org/ganderlist.html
nlt.rootsweb.com/disasters/gander/

[mark502inf]

Sgt. Brian Dumpert and his wife lived next door to me in 1983-84, back when he was in the 82nd. I remember they'd come over with homemade popped popcorn (pre-microwave) to watch movies, and I'd roller skate on their carport. Sgt. Dumpert was also the person who taught me the word "wuss." (No, he didn't call me one -- I was only seven or eight at the time). His family had moved to Indiana by the time of the crash. He had an 18-month-old, and a newborn he had not yet seen. Sad, sad day all around.

that's a great post to his memory, Mike.