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Mike Machnik <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 25 Jun 1998 00:20:16 -0400
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This was in the Boston Globe today.  I am sure some people will want to see it.
 
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http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe/globehtml/175/Ex_Maine_star_s_death_mysterious.
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                 Ex-Maine star's death mysterious
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Scores,          Father questions Saunders's fall
schedules and
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.
coverage of
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.''
Boston.com
                 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.''
Boston.com's
Yellow Pages     He said his son never checked into a hotel and had not
Directory        boarded his flight.
Bicycle Dealers
Billiards        After being notified by Fernie police about his son's
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.
Bowling Apparel
and Accessories  There was no autopsy and the body was cremated. A small
Bowling Centers  service was held in Amsterdam, his father said, and there
Camping          will be a service this morning in Fernie.
Equipment
Exercise         This story ran on page C C8 08 of the Boston Globe on
Equipment        06/24/98.
Fishing Parties  © Copyright 1998 Globe Newspaper Company.
Fishing Tackle
Golf Courses            - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 
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