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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 44: My great loss
From: aaron.sandler at duke.edu (Aaron Sandler)
Date: Thu Nov 11 13:17:53 2004

I'm very sorry to hear of your loss, Nathan.  You have honored your father 
well with a beautifully written tribute to a man who sounds as though he 
lived a very full life through many unusual times.

Many condolences.

-Aaron


>I came back from the vacation in the US on Monday October 26. On Friday, 
>October 29 I received a call during the afternoon. My father in Copenhagen 
>had been taken to hospital with an apparent stroke. I immediately drove to 
>Copenhagen, arriving in the wee hours of the morning. Unfortunately, the 
>stroke was so massive that there was nothing that could be done, and my 
>father died in the afternoon of Monday, November 1, without regaining 
>consciousness.
>
>During the weekend in the hospital I took a couple of pictures of him, 
>knowing fully well that these were probably the last ones I would be 
>taking of him. But those are for my private file. The way I want to 
>remember my father is like this:
>http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_44.jpg
>--happy and smiling during a visit to my home in the Netherlands in August 
>of this year.
>
>I have also put up a written tribute to him on my site. There is a link 
>from the main page, or go directly to:
>http://www.nathanfoto.com/far.html
>
>Nathan


In reply to: Message from nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Nathan's PAW 44: My great loss)