[M.D. Holloway]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

Sure.

But in a one degree of separation missed catastrophe: My father was scheduled to take an early morning flight home for Christmas when he was a cadet at West Point.

The flight was to Oakland, California.

The night the before his flight home he was asked to perform extra duty at West Point so he rescheduled his flight to one later in the day.

I don't have the newspaper clipping here, but the flight he missed crashed and four other cadets were killed. His photo was published along with his obituary in the local paper since he was still on the manifest.

I am trying to find the article but have had no luck. I did call my sister to confirm I am not miss-remembering.

You guys were one extra duty at West Point in 1950 away from not having to put up with my gradu!

Wow! Thats amazing. I always wonder how the folks who missed certain flights that ended up crashing...how it effected them. I have read where many have survivor guilt. Interesting.