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Scores, Father questions Saunders's fall
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standings By Associated Press, 06/24/98
[Columnists] BANGOR - Former University of Maine hockey player Lee
Saunders died of internal injuries after he fell from a
Peter Gammons train platform in the Netherlands and was struck by a
Will McDonough train, his father said. Dennis Saunders told the Bangor
Bob Ryan Daily News that unanswered questions about his son's
Dan Shaughnessy death left him troubled.
[Local Teams] Lee Saunders, 28, played at Orono from 1991-94 and is
Red Sox best remembered for his 1993 overtime goal against
Celtics Michigan in the NCAA semifinals when the the Black Bears
Bruins won the title.
Patriots
Revolution Saunders, who has been playing professional hockey in
Europe, called his parents from Amsterdam June 11, the
[Links] day he was to fly home to Fernie, British Columbia. He
Click here for told his mother, Bridie Saunders, he didn't feel well and
extensive wasn't going to board the plane.
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sporting ''He told her he thought somebody had spiked his drink,''
activities, Dennis Saunders said. ''She said he sounded confused. He
courtesy didn't sound anything like himself. He needed help.''
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After being advised to seek medical help and get a hotel
[Yellow Pages] room for the evening, Lee Saunders called the next day
Alphabetical and told his father he'd be all right. ''But he still
listings, sounded confused,'' said Dennis Saunders. ''He couldn't
courtesy tell me what flight he was going to be on.''
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Yellow Pages He said his son never checked into a hotel and had not
Directory boarded his flight.
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Parlors death, Saunders spent last week in Amsterdam. He said he
Boating Charters learned that between the night of June 12 and the
Boating following morning, Lee had put on his bicycling gear and
Equipment and pedaled the 20 miles from the Amsterdam airport to the
Supplies train station, where he died.
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Bowling Centers service was held in Amsterdam, his father said, and there
Camping will be a service this morning in Fernie.
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