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Eulogy for SonFirst I would like to say thank you for the tremendous outpouring of love and affection from our community at cash in ones chips nights viewing for John. Roger at the funeral home told us this was the largest turnout he can remember. Close to 1,000 friendsand many people who were merely touched by Johns storywaited up to fours hours in the rain to pay their respects. We want you to know how very grateful and very touched we were by the response. As Congressman Johnson said in his tribute to John, entered into the Congressional Record, John truly was one of our nations best and brightest and dearest sons. He was already a great young man who would have served his country well, and I know he could have become one of our great leaders had he been condition more time.I also want you to know that we knew it would rain today, because one of Johns longest-running legacies is that it always rains on major events in his life His beginning from high school, parents weekend duri ng his plebe summer, his formal ring dance his senior year, and now today. Only his graduation from the Academy broke the mold. After four solid days of rain, God granted us a beautiful day for Johns commencement ceremonies. Perhaps rain is Gods digest way of testing our love for John, and if today and last night are any measure, I think we passed the test with flying colors. When the officers arrived at our door Saturday daybreak to give us the tragic news about John, our hearts and our lives stopped. The thought was too hard to comprehend and any parents worst nightmare. Our son, who had middling graduated from the United States Naval Academy with academic honors, was looking forward with excitement and anticipation to entering flight school in Pensacola in September. He was also excited about coming home for his mothers birthday, and giving us the latest news from the Naval Academy, where he was stationed for the summer during cadet training exercises. One of the police offi cers who came to our door was Bob Fischer, the father of Peter Fischer, who is one of those Plebes at the Academy. In June, our son had presented Peter with his appointment at an trophy ceremony at Egg Harbor Township High School, where John graduated 4th in his class in 1996.