The death of a good friend - RIP

[acehistr8]

Well for all the cool video and far away stories you hear about the war on terrorism, it finally hit home for me Wednesday. Helga Boes was a good friend and his wife and my girlfriend were best friends in Law School. He was a CIA case officer that volunteered to go over to Afghanistan and died in a training accident. We were just at their house last week he was showing me his German beer collection. I had brought over some new ones for him but we ended up drinking them. My life has been upside down for 48 hours now. 32 years old, what a shame.

Godspeed my friend, rest in peace.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/central/02/07/cia.death/index.html

 

[buddy]

I'm sorry about the loss of your friend, acehistr8.

That's so sad.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Sorry for your loss Ace

Its people like that that we must thank and be grateful for all our freedoms that we enjoy here at home.

May he rest in peace

 

[TIME TO MAKE $$$]

my condolences Phil....

 

[Blazer]

Sorry for your loss. All the talk of war leads us to forget the true cost. The cost of our loved ones.

 

[dawgball]

Deeply sorry for your loss, Ace. Prayers are with you and your loved ones as well as his.

The sad state of the world today is that if I would have seen this story any other day, I would have skipped right passed it. This has been a real eye-opener for me.

May God be with us all in these trying times.

 

[TJBELL]

Dawgball hit the nail on the head. Sorry to hear about the loss Ace!!!!!

 

[Spock]

Really sad to hear that. Prayers for his family and friends.

 

[Blitz]

Ace, sorry for the loss...

My thoughts and prayers go out to you, your girl and the rest of Mr. Boes family and friends...

 

[AR182]

Ace,

I echo the previous posts. My thought & prayers go out to your friends family & to your family.

 

[edludes]

Ace-So sorry to here that the latest casualty in this improbable war was your friend.You are right about driving it home,making it personal.A kid I grew up with was killed in the World Trade center,used to ride my bike to his house as a boy.My mom worked for his dad for 10 years,he and his three siblings thought of her as their mother.Thirty years later,my friend went to work,a single parent of four and never came home,on the 92nd floor my brother told me.Our government is getting intel that indicates that another terrorist attack on our soil is supposedly planned for mid-Feb,hence the current high state of alert.It seems as if many in this country have put it out of their minds and are acting as if nothing has changed.They should read the article in USA Today (2/7/03) about the recently formed Ansar al-Islam (Friends of Islam)group operating out the mountains of Iraq now.They are butchering the Kurds there in night raids,and begin their attacks screaming"Death to the Friends of America".They mutilate the bodies after killing them.We are in this for the long haul it appears as though our opponents are vengence minded and hatefilled."Death to the friends of America"while killing an Iraqi Kurd?Again Ace,very sorry to hear that this mindless killing touched someone that you loved.

 

[MadJack]

man! so sorry to hear about your loss. i lost my BEST friend when he was 32 too. one of the hardest things i have gone through yet. i still think of him frequently and that was 15 years ago. life can be a bitch sometimes.

keep your head up, man. time does heal!

 

[ferdville]

Sorry, Ace. Something like that will stop you in your tracks. Best wishes to all involved/

 

[taoist]

...extremely sorry to hear that ACE. Prayers go out to all his friends and family....

 

[fletcher]

Phil was wondering where you were. Just saw this my and jerri thoughts go out to you as well as your friends family.


Eric

 

[hellah10]

sorry to hear that ace

god be with him...

 

[GOAT]

Phil sorry for the lost, Condolences to ALL. From a shot up MARINE vet. May God Bless YOU AND THAT FAMILY !!

 

[british bulldog]

I'm sorry to hear of your loss of a friend.

My condolences.

My thoughts and prays will go out tonight to your friend and his family.

GOD BLESS THEM ALL

 

[acehistr8]

Thank you everyone for the kind words and the overwhelming emails. Yesterday was the ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base as his body was flown home and tomorrow is the funeral. 32 years old, I cant get over it. I dont know what I or anyone else has done over the past 18 months, but this guy put a 6 figure legal career in the closet to work for the Agency making less than $50k a year. He did at least 3 tours in Afghanistan fighting the war on terrorism. Isnt there something sick and perverse about a society that will pay an attorney $500,000 a year but pays young men on the ground fighting terrorism undercover $50,000? Makes me sad. There was a nice writeup in the Washington Post yesterday. Again thanks for all the kind words.

Phil