Pacific Nor'west
Soapbox

"But the most remarkable thing about the crash might be how quickly the deaths
of a dozen soldiers can pass into and out of the public's consciousness these days,
if they ever register at all.
There are so many news accounts of troops killed in combat that the details blur. The death of one soldier, or 20, loses its power to shock, except to the families of the fallen."
~~BlackHawk Down, Iraq