A plane has crashed in northern Minnesota, killing eight people including Democrat Senator Paul Wellstone. His death comes just two weeks before mid-term elections in which he was hoping for re-election to boost the Democrats' chances of retaining their one-vote majority in the Senate. Senator Wellstone's wife, one of his three children, a daughter, and three staff members helping him to campaign were also killed. The weather at the time was reported to be cold, foggy and with a freezing rain.
I'm sorry he was killed... I didn't like him, didn't agree with him on most points, but it's still a tragedy. |