by Moondog » Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:29 am
Verrry interesting....it's suicide - no - it was a long illness. The deputy got it right when he said "...something more unusual..." <br><br>Astronaut Charles E. Brady, formerly of Robbins, is dead at 54.<br>His home town is in mourning over the loss of one of its most illustrious sons: an Eagle Scout, an athlete, a doctor, a Blue Angel, and a space traveler. A huge mural depicting Brady and the Space Shuttle Columbia overlooks the railroad across from the Old Elise Depot and the town hall. <br><br>Now the town is puzzled and saddened by reports of the circumstances of his death. <br><br>According to Chuck McCarty, a dispatcher with the Sheriff's Office in San Juan County, Wash., Brady died of apparently self-inflicted wounds. <br><br>Sheriff's deputies had responded to a call from a home on Orcas Island Sunday afternoon, July 23. <br><br>When they arrived at the scene, they spoke to a woman, Susan Oseth, and a 3- or 4-year-old girl. <br><br>Jon Zerby, undersheriff of San Juan County, said Brady and Oseth lived together on Orcas Island. Zerby said Brady was divorced. <br><br>Found After Search <br><br>A deputy reported that "Oseth told him Brady had left on foot and gone to a wooded part of the island. The Island is big, 58 square miles, according to Deputy Ray Clever, senior officer on the scene. <br><br>"The call had come in for a verbal dispute, but [there were indications of] something more unusual," Clever said. "That was a huge area to cover." <br><br>Seeking to render Brady aid, the deputies called for backup and began a search. <br><br>After a time, the officers discovered Brady's body in a wooded area. A paramedic pronounced him dead at the scene, and the body was taken to nearby Snohomish County for an autopsy. <br><br>Neither the woman nor the child were physically harmed in the incident, according to the deputies. <br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.thepilot.com/stories/20060727/news/local/072806Brady.html">www.thepilot.com/stories/...Brady.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>And then there's is the conflicting cause of death as reported by Space.com and other mainstream sources:<br><br>"A retired NASA astronaut whose first and only space flight set a duration record for the space shuttle, has died. Capt. Charles E. Brady, Jr. (USN) was 54 when an extended illness claimed his life on July 23."<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.space.com/news/cs_060727_brady_obit.html">www.space.com/news/cs_060..._obit.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>The same article goes on to mention:<br><br>"A resident of Oak Harbor, Washington, Brady is survived by his fiancée Susan, their four-year-old son and a sister."<br><br>He appeared to be a well-rounded individual - from SpaceFacts:<br>"Doctorate of medicine from Duke University, 1975; Commander, USN; flight surgeon and member of Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron "Blue Angels"; hobbies: Tennis, canoeing, kayaking, biking, amateur radio operator, graduate work for a M.S. in Biology at University of Texas-Galveston 1999/2000; then he retired from active duty; died by suicide following despressions."<br><br>Brady in his own words...<br><br>"Humbling." That's the word that FP-astronaut Charles Brady, MD, uses to describe his first venture into space, viewing earth from 173 miles away.<br><br>"You almost feel guilty being up there," says Dr. Brady. "The oceans were so blue, they were almost phosphorescent. The land masses were something like you'd dream of as a child. The earth is a magnificent place, and it does look perfect from space. At the same time, we saw evidence of rain forest destruction and damaged river systems. It makes you come back feeling very deeply that you want to protect the earth."<br><br>He added that he was totally unprepared for the almost corporeal transformation that takes place in space, “It is as if God suddenly made you into a dolphin. It is a mystery that is billions and trillions of times deeper than I had ever imagined,” he said.<br> <p></p><i></i>
