Dave Dittman, a former aide and longtime family friend of former Sen. Ted Stevens, says Stevens was killed in a plane crash near Dillingham Monday night. Dittman says he received a call overnight Monday that said the former senator was dead, but no official confirmation has been made.According to the WaPo, there hasn't even yet been "confirmation that he actually got on the plane."
Nine people were on board, including former NASA Chief Sean O'Keefe. Five people were killed in the crash, but other identities were not known, nor are the conditions of the survivors.
My suspicion is that Stevens did not survive the crash, but they are withholding confirmation until his family has had a chance to notify those close to him, so they don't find out from the news.
Stevens is probably best known professionally for being the longest-serving Republican Senator in history, for his role in championing and securing funding for the $400 million Bridge to Nowhere, for his conviction on corruption charges, and for coining the award-winning internet meme, "Series of Tubes."
To be perfectly blunt, precisely the approach Senator Stevens would have respected, I did not like the man as a public servant, which is the only capacity in which I had the opportunity to know him. But I offer my sincerest condolences to his family and friends.
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