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On Mon, 22 Dec 1997, Donnie wrote:

> I was just wondering why they put that memorial for Katie [spell?],
> the girl who died at the lake when the implosion was happening.  
> Is she some kind of hero or something? She died from an accident,
> and we know hundreds of people died from accidents, and they don't 
> get a memorial like that, so what makes her so special?

Probably because:

	a) most people view it as the government's fault.  By 
	   having a memorial, those who are being pointed at will
	   find it harder to forget about it.

	b) almost 1/3rd of Canberra's population was there.  Many
	   people, including myself, witnessed the accident and to
	   them, this is close to home.

I think that perhaps this incident made Canberra a smaller place to live
in.

Ben

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