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Message: [QUOTE="Robert J. McDonnell, post: 284564, member: 197796"] Shelley! It has been a long time since last we "talked," and much has happened, from my viewpoint, for the better. (You're being far too generous, Shelley, but I thank you for that.) Finishing the book has been delayed by factors outside my control, primarily health-related. Yet, the beat goes on now that I live along the coastline where the disaster unfolded. Often, when writer's block knocks, I walk to the beach and look to the horizon. It as if I can see the entire mess unfolding. Sometimes, too, I think I was on the ill-fated ship, particularly when the wind blows NNE on a stormy night. Crazy! Now, I have learned that thirteen graves, marked "Victim of Morro Castle," are located in a cemetery behind the hospital (now a major Trauma Center)where those still alive, when then made the beach, were taken. I always believed the death count was higher, but I don't have the slightest idea how to help identify the remains. My best guess? The poor souls were stowaways escaping Cuba. Oh well! Now, I have to run. Be back when time permits! Cordially, Bob [/QUOTE]