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Martin,

I’m sure you’ve seen the news by now, and I’m very sorry to have to tell you that your sister Patricia and her family are among the thousands of victims of this morning’s national tragedy. I wanted to call, but your phone number wasn’t in Patty’s address book, and she was in no shape to find it for us. She and Robert are both in total shock. They lost four of their children overnight, and the police aren’t sure exactly what happened. All we do know is that Emily, the six-year-old, was the only one who survived...

—From a hand-written letter by Hannah Goodwin to

her brother-in-law and his family, August 24, 1986