we were at iraq and saddam hussein. the president was prepared to take whatever action needed to be taken. a huge potential crime scene. this investigation would have been one of the largest carried out by the fbi. i had a thousand agents working on the case. my fiance was on the plane. my sister paula with her son. 9 years old. our biggest concern was a recovery of our loved ones bodies. there were a lot of times that i doubted the existence of god. and i said, god, how and why could you let something like this happen? my name is joe litschner and i lost my wife pam who was 37, shannon who was 10, and katie who was 8 on flight twa 800.
and take them home. you talk about blessings and god s intervention in helping you through tragedies like this. a friend of mine who is a chapel with the new york city police, he gave me this little cross i have. and soon after that, pam was recovered and then katie was recovered and shannon was recovered. i gave this cross to another person who had not recovered. and then right after that, his person was recovered. and they passed it down all the way, all the way down the line to the last person. jim hurd, his son jamie had not been recovered. and through their dredging operations out there, they ended up finding jamie. so in the end, everyone came out of the water. as far as the investigation is concerned, i was obviously very involved because i had a vested interest in finding out what happened and ensuring that
pam decided they would take a trip to europe and it was supposed to be a very short trip. just over the weekend. i had to go on a business trip up to calgary. when i left, they jumped in my arms and they wrapped their arms and legs around me. both of them did that twice before i left on my trip because i wouldn t see them for over a week. shannon was 10 years old when she passed. and i guess i would really describe her as a very kind-hearted little angel. and she even promised me that she would be the one who would take care of me in my old age. katie was different than shannon. she was a little spitfire. she knew what she wanted in life and i m sure that she would have