GEN: Lois Lowry on "60 Minutes"

[William McLoughlin <wpmcloug@FREENET.COLUMBUS.OH.US>]

Hello everyone:

I'm just wondering how many of you may have seen the first segment of
tonight's "60 Minutes" featuring the story of a pilot who lost his life
because of maintenance error on his aircraft.  Early in the segment, his
mother was interviewed, and she was a picture of kindness, repose, and
forgiveness.  Only in the last minutes of the segment was her name
mentioned: Lois Lowry.  It was the honest-to-goodness Newbery author, and
I can only imagine that she requested to be known in the interview as the
pilot's mother, not a famous author.

I just dug out the picture taken of me and Mrs. Lowry at a book signing
last year.  Yes, this is indeed the woman in tonight's interview.  I am
still glowing with the warmth and peace which she generated on screen,
especially in the wake of our school's losing a sixth grader to a fatal
flu last week.  I feel much better about walking into work tomorrow now
that I've seen Lois Lowry's reaction to the needless death of her own son.

I hope that many of you saw the interview.  If not, look for it in summer
reruns.  It is most amazing.

Bill McLoughlin
Library Media Specialist, Brookside School
Worthington, Ohio
BROOKM.Media@Worthington.k12.oh.us

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