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DAVID BLOOM'S LAST E-MAIL
National Review ^
| 1/13/03
| Rod Dreher
Posted on 04/12/2003 10:05:02 PM PDT by Callahan
DAVID BLOOM'S LAST E-MAIL [Rod Dreher] NBC reporter David Bloom, who died last week in Iraq, sent a final e-mail to his wife on the eve of his death. It was eerily prescient, almost an epitaph. David was a born-again Christian; a friend of mine who was in a men's prayer and Bible-study group with him says David was passionately devoted to his family and his God. That friend told me David's last e-mail was read aloud in a deeply moving Friday meeting with his prayer partners, at which a number of David's NBC colleagues were present. It was no surprise to those who knew David best, it seems, when he said in that communique (this taken from the MSNBC.com story): [W]hen the moment comes in my life when you are talking about my last days, I am determined that you and others will say he was devoted to his wife and children, he was admired, he gave every ounce of his being for those whom he cared most about
not himself, but God and his family." That's a man. Posted at 10:37 PM
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: bloom; bornagain; davidbloom; faith; iraqifreedom; letters; media; nbc; roddreher
Caught this in the National Review "Corner" Blog. Didn't realize Mr. Bloom was born again. Not enought people like him in the media. Rest in peace David. You're in a better place.
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04/12/2003 10:05:02 PM PDT
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Callahan
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posted on
04/12/2003 10:07:06 PM PDT
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To: Callahan
Thanks for the wonderful catch.
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posted on
04/12/2003 10:08:08 PM PDT
by
pubmom
To: Callahan
May Yeshua Messiah hold David In His Sweet Embrace forever and a day as well as his family.
FReegards
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posted on
04/12/2003 10:20:45 PM PDT
by
poet
To: Callahan
Callahan,Somehow we all knew because we like him.
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posted on
04/12/2003 10:24:23 PM PDT
by
fatima
(Go Troops our prayers are with you.)
To: Callahan
I'm happy to hear that Mr. Bloom is a Christian. That means he's gone Home and his family will be with him again Someday.
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posted on
04/12/2003 10:42:51 PM PDT
by
skr
(The Butcher of Baghdad is? a WMD)
To: poet
Well said.
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posted on
04/12/2003 10:48:22 PM PDT
by
Nephi
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
To: Callahan
Interesting, wonderful, comforting. I always liked him but didn't know he was a Christian.
To: Callahan
Well, when you've got to leave your family with something, this is far better than any other inheritance. It's as good as it gets.
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posted on
04/12/2003 10:55:43 PM PDT
by
piasa
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To: poet
Amen.
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posted on
04/12/2003 11:32:59 PM PDT
by
Mike K
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