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livetohike

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2. We lost a friend on that flight. A childhood friend

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Sep 9, 2024, 08:12 AM

Sep 2024

of my husband’s. He was in Chicago on business. He was not supposed to be on that flight, but he was anxious to get home to Pgh and an open seat occurred so he took it.

He left a wife and two young children. She wrote a book about being widowed unexpectedly. RIP Steve.

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On September 8, 1994, USAir Flight 427 crashed on approach to Pittsburgh. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 OP

Memory of this day is still vivid. Wuddles440 Sep 2024 #1

We lost a friend on that flight. A childhood friend livetohike Sep 2024 #2