I am one of the sisters of Todd, the "third" that died in the Scaled Composite explosion.
Thank you to all who are thinking of our family and the other families. We are devastated. Our mom and dad are in CA now after a long flight from Alaska. They have much to wrap up there before being able to arrange a memorial service for Todd, including identifying him at the coroner's office. Can imagine doing that? Can you imagine going through your son's things and packing them up? Can imagine how family would feel after reading several of the threads? Can you imagine that even though he was only one of thousands that died that day, that a family would grieve over this? Can you imagine that? Some of you, some of you not.
I stubbled over this site while looking for an explanation of what happened. I am an engineer, and I really just wanted to understand what happened, not find blame, just the facts and understanding. There is very little known, but some of you gave me some much need knowledge about how these engines work, NO2, compressed gas cylinders, etc. I really didn't need to read all the threads about whether these deaths were significant or not. Please let every key stroke be well thought out of who might be reading it. Most of the threads were written within a 24 hour period, and lives go on, but your words are still out there.
Thank you again to all the informative and condoling people.
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I am one of the sisters of Todd, the "third" that died in the Scaled Composite explosion. Thank you to all who are thinking of our family and the other families. We are devastated. Our mom and dad are in CA now after a long flight from Alaska. They have much to wrap up there before being able to arrange a memorial service for Todd, including identifying him at the coroner's office. Can imagine doing that? Can you imagine going through your son's things and packing them up? Can imagine how family would feel after reading several of the threads? Can you imagine that even though he was only one of thousands that died that day, that a family would grieve over this? Can you imagine that? Some of you, some of you not. I stubbled over this site while looking for an explanation of what happened. I am an engineer, and I really just wanted to understand what happened, not find blame, just the facts and understanding. There is very little known, but some of you gave me some much need knowledge about how these engines work, NO2, compressed gas cylinders, etc. I really didn't need to read all the threads about whether these deaths were significant or not. Please let every key stroke be well thought out of who might be reading it. Most of the threads were written within a 24 hour period, and lives go on, but your words are still out there. Thank you again to all the informative and condoling people.