Scott Speicher's Final Homecoming

Primordial Slack ^ | 8/13/2009 | Joan Varga

[jongaltsr]

Does anyone know how he died?
Did he die from the crash, from injuries or from dehydration?
I know the area pretty well and if he survived the crash with out any injuries he still would have or could have died from dehydration.

[null and void]

He died more mercifully than he ever would have if Saddam had gotten a hold of him.

[null and void]

Oh, and if he survived the crash/ejection he had a number of ways to summon help.

Pilots have lots of signaling options, radio beacons, signals to lay out on the ground, even smoke and mirrors.

He didn’t signal. However he went, it was quick.

[A.A. Cunningham]

090813-N-1644C-002 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Aug. 13, 2009) The widow of Capt.Michael Scott Speicher, Joanne Speicher Harris, places flowers on Speicher's coffin at Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Fla. Speicher was killed when his F/A-18 Hornet was shot down over Anbar province, Iraq on the first day of offensive operations during Desert Storm on Jan. 17, 1991 (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Anthony C. Casullo/Released)

090813-N-1644C-008 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Aug. 13, 2009) The remains of Capt. Michael Scott Speicher are carried by members of a Navy honor guard past family members into a waiting hearse at Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Fla. Speicher was killed when his F/A-18 Hornet was shot down over Anbar province, Iraq the on first day of offensive operations during Desert Storm on Jan. 17, 1991. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Anthony C. Casullo/Released)

090813-N-1644C-005 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Aug. 13, 2009) Sailors at Naval Air Station Jacksonville pay tribute to Capt. Michael Scott Speicher as his remains pass by shortly after arriving at Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Fla. Speicher was killed when his F/A-18 Hornet was shot down over Anbar province, Iraq on the first day of offensive operations during Desert Storm on Jan. 17, 1991. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Anthony C. Casullo/Released)

[JoanVarga]

Thanks for posting the pics!

[A.A. Cunningham]

You are welcome.

[JoanVarga]

More pics at WOKV.com

[null and void]

THanks. Do you have any photos that aren’t blurry?

[JoanVarga]

Did you mean that comment to sound like snark? Did I misread you? Please tell me that you have no intention of making this thread about you.

[JoanVarga]

[NonValueAdded]

Welcome home, Captain. Glad to see the Orlando TV stations gave this decent coverage in their midday news. God Bless the people who turned out to line the route.

[Hoffer Rand]

I think null and void means he got all teared up, and the pictures now look blurry.

[null and void]

I teared up. Commenting on blurry photos is a fairly common FReeperism for indicating an emotional response to images.

No snark, disrespect or lime-lighting intended.

[JoanVarga]

D’oh! I’d forgotten that. Sorry to misunderstand. I’ve just worked eight days straight and am likely in an unduly cranky state.

:o)

[null and void]

No problem. I’d druther you say than seethe!

[mel]

Thanks, I saw a few, but it is choking me up too much.
There are still people who believe in what US was once.

[mel]

Thanks, I saw a few, but it is choking me up too much.
There are still people who believe in what US was once.

[null and void]

There are still people who believe in what US was once, and can be again.

[JoanVarga]

Yes, Mel. And they don’t need anyone to organize them. It comes from the heart and the heartland.