“Hi, Ray, I think it’s sort of...
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“Hi, Ray, I think it’s sort of ironical that we ended up like this. I asked for some leniency for my family, remember? I got none. And you’ll get none.”
--A note, found in wreckage of PSA Flight 1771, that officials believe was written by David Burke to his former boss at USAir. Both were on the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco plane that Burke is suspected of causing to crash to get even with his former supervisor for firing him.
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