August 25th 08, 01:16 AM
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Joe Biden's wife & daughter killed in car crash 1972
"jose" > wrote in message
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On Aug 24, 1:08 pm, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS"
> wrote:
> http://www.nydailynews.com/news/poli.../23/2008-08-23
> _joe_biden_beats_odds_after_wife_daughter.html
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> Joe Biden beats odds after wife, daughter killed
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> BY LARRY McSHANE
> DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
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> Sunday, August 24th 2008, 1:26 AM
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> Joe Biden never works on Dec.18.
>
> It was one week before Christmas 1972, and the senator-elect from
> Delaware awaited his first term. There was plenty to celebrate as his
> wife and three kids left home to find a Christmas tree.
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> Biden was already in Washington. It was his sister Val who took the phone
> call, her face drained of color when she hung up and told him of "a
> slight accident."
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> Biden thought immediately of his wife, Neilia. "She's dead, isn't she?"
> the politician asked.
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> She was.
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> As the Bidens were driving home in the family station wagon, their tree
> picked out, they were broad sided by a tractor-trailer. Neilia was
> killed, along with 13-month-old daughter, Naomi.
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> Sons Beau and Hunter, toddlers themselves, were critically injured. With
> their father's constant care and attention, both recovered.
>
> (snip)
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>So has this become a reason to elect someone to
>high office?
Like being a POW?
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