From: Cooksteward Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 18:13:33 -0000 M/s Rigoletto 011023 Dear Mrs. Ellen Belic My name is Elisabeth and I'm the cook/steward onboard M/s Rigoletto, Wallenius-Willhemsen lines. I would like to tell you how sorry I am, as well as the other crew, to be told that your husband Mr. Nenad Belic was missing outside Ireland. We met him September 18 at position:49 24 N, 019 01 W, in the rowboat "LUN" registered in Chicago IL, USA. We stopped our ship and supplied him with extra food. The meeting with Nenad was short. It's not easy to stop the big ship I work on. After we stopped Nenad come to the ship's gangway and we lowered down a sack with food. Luckily that day the weather was good, but still it is not easy to go through this kind of maneuver, so we did not talk for a long time. He looked very healthy and so happy and full of life. From what we discused the boat LUN looked very safe in water. It was a special moment to meet a man who was fulfilling his dream. We offered him to join us, we were heading for USA, but he was absolutely going to finish his trip. He gave us your name and address and we all took picture's of each other. It was so sad to read in a Swedish newspaper that something happened to him. You can reach me on e-mail until 6:th of November onboard the ship: COO@rig.walleniuslines.com and then my home address: Elisabeth Fahlstrom Olversvag 35 443 60 Stenkullen Sweden Phone:46-302-234 84 E-mail:elisabethf@post.netlink.se Best Regards Elisabeth Fahlstrom ------------------------------------------