Posted on 12/02/2001 3:56:30 PM PST by Dallas
Shannon Spann carrying her infant son Jake.
CIA Director George J. Tenet (L) pats Jake Spann, infant son of CIA Officer Johnny Mike Spann
Alison Spann, the daughter of CIA Officer Johnny Michael Spann is comforted by Stephanie Glakas Tenet, wife of CIA director George J. Tenet
George Tenet, director of the Central Intelligence Agency
CIA Director George J. Tenet and his wife A. Stephanie Glakas Tenet leave the ceremony for CIA Officer Johnny Mike" Spann
Johnny Spann, father of CIA Officer Johnny Mike Spann, holds hands with his wife Gail, (R) and daughter Tonya Ingram (L)
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RIP, Mike.
You are so right except for one thing -- I don't give a clinton about offending Beatles fans.
The disgusting liberal media have fouled the airwaves with talk of Harrison. Who cares? Spann was a hero who gave his all for this country. We should be celebrating his bravery.
Today's editorial page of the Birmingham News has a space to send your message to the Spann family and gives the following address: Spann Family Message c/o Scott Stantis The Birmingham News P.O. Box 2553 Birmingham, AL 35202. All messages must be received by December 15th.
It would be really cool if a lot of freepers sent messages on their own!
Sunday night and so many folks might miss this awesome thread, if not for your flags.
Safely Home
I am home in Heaven, dear one; Oh, so happy and so bright!
There is perfect joy and beauty in this everlasting light.
All the pain and grief is over. Every restless tossing passed.
I am now at peace forever. Safely home in Heaven at last.
Did you wonder I so calmly trod the valley of the shade?
Oh! but Jesus' love illumined every dark and fearful glade.
And He came Himself to meet me, in the way so hard to tread;
And with Jesus' arm to lean on, Could I have one doubt or dread?
Then you must not grieve so sorely, for I love you dearly still:
Try to look beyond earth's shadows, Pray to trust our Father's Will.
There is work still waiting for you, so you must not idly stand;
Do it now, while life remaineth--You shall rest in Jesus' land.
When that work is all complete, He will gently call you Home;
Oh, the rapture of that meeting, Oh, the joy to see you come!
God bless Mike Spann and his family. "Greater love hath no man than this..that he give his life for his brother."
Thank you for your service, Mike, and RIP. God, please watch over his family and give them the strength they will need to get through this. In Jesus name....
but is there a way to send a personal card, maybe with a little money?...any mailing address?
Well, the Beatles fans can go rot. Their world revolves around something very inconsequential, compared to this.
Here's a MAN who gave his life defending his country. May he rest in peace, and may God have mercy on his soul.
Thank you so much for posting this, Dallas. I almost missed it.
No offense to Beatles fans, but its sad that the media spent (and is still spending) much more time on Harrison's death then to tell us about this american hero's life.Yet the media had no problems blabbling his death before it was confirmed.
Spann's father blasted the news media for reporting his son's
death before it had been confirmed by the government, saying
that if his son were still alive at the time, such reports put his life
in jeopardy."I don't have to tell you that I probably feel a little angry about
that," he said. "I really think the (news media) in America ought
to think about that and when something like this happens again
they ought to consider what they do and what they say before
they do it."
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