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Holy crap
Things change quickly. Today was slow until about two,then it went crazy. I am going to a public hearing on land use tomorrow. But now, I have a couple other assignments. One is rough,the other is probably the biggest story I will have ever written.
The first is an obit about a woman who was crushed by a horse. Her and her family bought a ranch about one year ago and had been working on it. They were set to move in within two weeks. I interviewed the woman’s mom and she was sobbing the entire time. It is tough yet fulfilling at the same time.
The other one, however, is kind of scaring me, but I am excited to write it. I am going to McChord AFB to watch a Marine honor guard present their fallen comrade,in a flag-draped coffin, to his parents. His dad is a Seattle fireman and so there will be a procession from McChord to the funeral home with Marine, police and fire vehicles. And the Marines with watch over the coffin at the funeral home. It’s not “Final Salute,” but I need to and am going to treat it as the most important story I will ever write. I owe it to this Marine and his family to honor him and his service with my words. But I am going to have to compete with Seattle TVs as well as the Times and thw P-I. So, I am going to have a bit of a day tomorrow.
