PICCOLI, INC.
PORT SAINT LUCIE, FLORIDA

I  used to live in Cocoa Beach, Florida running a full service company and working  directly with a number of Aerospace companies.  We had been housing many  of the engineers that were working on the Space Shuttle.  This particular  launch we were housing the wife and immediate family members of Dick Scobee,  the Commander of the Challenger STS 51L Mission that was destroyed 73 seconds  into its flight, killing all seven crew members.  Because of my relationship  with NASA, I had the "honor" of packing all of the family's  belongings and getting it back to Kennedy Space Center.  At the time, I  did not feel it was much of an honor, as the task was an extremely difficult  one.  The one memory that has kept me positive about the whole event was  that I was able to deliver to June Scobee, the last bouquet of flowers her  husband had given her, attached with a very personal note.  I often  wonder, had it not been me packing their things and it was someone else in  charge of that task, would she had ever received her last flowers, wrapped in  tissue and tin foil and placed in the "most valuable" bag? I am glad it was me.