Did John Kennedy, Jr. essentially leapfrog over whatever waiting list there is?
Or how did he… A: It was kind of an unusual circumstance there, John, I think. You had the USS BRISCOE who was already at sea doing training exercises off the East Coast of the U.S. And because of the ability to be timely in that request, that was the decision that was made, was to send her north to accomplish the burials of those three at sea. Q: Back on Colombia. Is there any preliminary indication as to what caused this plane to go down? A: No, not yet. We’ll do an investigation. I will say that the terrain in that part of Colombia is extremely rugged, very mountainous, rain forest. The mountains themselves are very steep and rise very quickly. The crash site, for instance, is about a 45 degree angle for the ground at that point. Heavily forested and frequent mists, very heavy mists in the area. But we’ll do an investigation in conjunction with the Colombians on that. We’ll find out, but we don’t know yet. Q: Is there any indication that there was any hostile fire involved, or eve
