I’d never heard that one before.....I searched it, and found this WaPo piece:
The Mariane Pearl-Eason Jordan Link
By Richard Leiby
Wednesday, March 31, 2004; Page C03
Eason Jordan, a CNN news exec who was deeply involved in the network’s coverage of the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl, is now romantically involved with Pearl’s widow, Mariane, people familiar with the relationship told us yesterday.
As reports of the relationship swirled through CNN and other news circles, Jordan declined to comment and Pearl did not respond to our inquiries. Married for 16 years, with two children, the Atlanta-based Jordan, 43, got to know Pearl, 36, who now lives in New York, after Islamic terrorists killed her husband in Pakistan two years ago. Colleagues said they don’t know how long Jordan and Pearl have been an item. .................snip
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A37389-2004Mar30¬Found=true
IMHO, it's obvious that Mariane Pearl loved her husband; marriages nowadays are lucky to make it to 5 years, let alone 16. I'm sure she was devastated by his loss, particularly since it was such a gruesome and public death.
Tragic circumstances have a way of bringing people together. It's not extraordinary for her to develop an attachment to someone who was involved every step of the way in her husband's plight; or for him to feel deep sympathy to her and her children.
I wish them both much happiness, after so much heartache.