Joseph Trepicone wrote:

The "Beech Duke Crash" we are talking about took the life someone I consider a good friend.  I will not mention his name.

Has the media gotten some sense this week for not mentioning the name of the deceased until the family has been notified?  In the Lancair crash earlier this month, the names of the people involved (survivor & the deceased) were on the the air (TV & Radio) and on the internet before all the immediate family were notified and possibly even before the individuals were positively identified.  

Can you imagine the shock of learning about the death of an immediate family member on the radio as you are driving around town?  Fortunately that did not happen in this case.  But I do know of a case where a young woman found out of her father's death in a commercial airliner's crash when the news media contacted her, seeking her comments.

Hamid