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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

It wasn't a matter of they didn't want us near the wreckage. We didn't know where the wreckage was.

We were just outside the 12 mile international waters limit and the Russians were just inside the limit.

Everybody was looking for the black box, them and us.

We would cruise back and forth along the line.
It was probably one of the most tense sutuations I can remember.

I can remember walking through CIC and hearing, "If something goes down we take out this one first, this one next, and if we're still around then we go for this one."

Enough to make you pray for peace.

6 posted on 09/02/2008 8:12:50 AM PDT by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)

To: Just another Joe

So, even though the wreckage was in international waters, do you remember if it was closer to Japanese waters or Soviet waters?

7 posted on 09/02/2008 8:18:24 AM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (Airlines can take their $15-per-checked-bag surcharge and shove it!)

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