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In a message dated 2/2/2003 11:33:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > Someone once said something like 10 deaths are a tragedy, 10,000 deaths > a problem in public sanitation. The first part of this anyhow is > illustrated every time some public figure dies. The second part is > illustrated daily. The nameless remain nameless in death. Of course it's true that nameless people die every day. Cancer, floods, famine, foolish accidents, etc.; yet, the tragedy of the Astronauts' fate touch more people than even a movie star's tragic end because they were Astronauts, i.e., intelligent, exciting and extremely brave people who inspire kids and adults. That they traveled on that far a journey and then died 40 miles over Texas is difficult to accept. I was working in the garden when I heard the news. As we are just now recovering from the coldest January certainly in my Florida history, I had no roses to cut; I was simply glad that the my rose bushes had survived several arctic nights in which the temps fell into the 30's. So, I cut seven wildflowers instead and arranged them in a vase on the table. And I thought then that the wildflowers were more appropriate anyway, even if the roses had been blooming. Regards, Kate