NOT TO LONG AGO THERE WAS A GREAT AIRLINE ITS NAME WAS TWA.  HOW SAD IT WAS TO SEE IT LEAVE OUR SKIES.  THEY WERE THE PIONEERS OF THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY.  HOW COULD SUCH A PIONEER IN THE INDUSTRY DISAPPEAR?  THIS WAS THE GREATEST AIRLINE IN THE WORLD, BUILT ON GREAT WISDOM AND CHANCE.  THEY WERE THE SPACE WALKERS OF THEIR TIME, THEY WERE FEARLESS AND READY FOR THE NEXT ADVENTURE.  THEY EXPENDED THE SKY AS IF IT WAS JUST A DRIVE DOWN A COUNTRY ROAD.   THEY MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO GO PLACES WE ONLY READ ABOUT IN BOOKS AND MAGAZINES.  THEY MADE IT HAPPEN FOR ALL OF US, NOT JUST IN ST. LOUIS ALONE, BUT IN THE WHOLE U.S.A.  THE SAD PART IS, THEY EVENTUALLY WERE BOUGHT OUT BY THEIR GREATEST RIVALRY, AMERICAN AIRLINES.  I GUESS YOU HAVE TO SAY TO THE WINNER GOES THE SPOILS.  THANKS TO CARL ICAH.

 TODAY THAT GREAT AIRLINE TOOK ITS LAST BREATH. THERE IS NOT LONGER A RESERVATION CENTER IN ST. LOUIS. WE ALL HAVE TO BE THANKFUL FOR THE YEARS WE HAD.  THE SAFEST AND THE BEST AIRLINE IN THE INDUSTRY.  THANKS TO ALL THE DEDICATED WORKERS THAT ALWAYS TOOK CARE OF US AND SUFFERED MANY SET BACKS TO KEEP THE BIG BIRDS FLYING FOR OUR CITY AND CITIZENS.  THE CITY WILL NOT REALIZE THE ECONOMIC EFFECT OF THIS DAY UNTIL IT IS LONG FORGOTTEN.

SO TO ALL THE WORKERS OF THIS ONCE GREAT AIRLINE, I SAY " THANK YOU".  MAY GOD KEEP YOU AND BLESS YOUR FUTURE, YOU GAVE IT  A GREAT FIGHT TO THE END.

 DICK BROSE, SEPTEMBER 15, 2003
 5:00PM
SPOUSE OF WANDA BROSE
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