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Re: Speicher Honored
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From: Andi Wolos & Bob Necci
(POW-MIA InterNetwork)
Date: September 26, 2002
"Jaguars to honor missing Gulf War pilot
The Associated Press
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Jacksonville Jaguars plan to honor missing Navy pilot Scott Speicher in a ceremony Sunday before they host the New York Jets.
The ceremony will include a 90-second video on Jacksonville native Speicher, which feature the missing pilot's student years at Forrest High School and Florida State University, his assignment to Cecil Field and his deployment to the Gulf War.
About 30 of Speicher's former classmates at Forrest plan to take part in the pregame ceremony and present plaques of appreciation to Jaguars' owners Wayne and Delores Weaver.
Speicher's FA-18 Hornet fighter jet was shot down over Iraq on the first night of the Gulf War in 1991. He was presumed dead, but his status was changed last year to missing in action.
A Central Intelligence Agency report concluded he survived the crash and was probably captured by the Iraqis. Intelligence sources have reported seeing Speicher imprisoned in Baghdad as recently as a year ago.
"The fact that we have one missing in action/prisoner of war from Desert Storm and he happens to be from Jacksonville ... that makes it especially important," said Mark Eisenstadt, coordinator of special events for the Jaguars.
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