                        A True Person (Rip Sean O'Brien)
                          by pbxphreak <chris@lod.com>

On Friday August 13th, 1999 a tragic car accident happened. My friend spee 
passed away. He was a true friend to everyone I talked with on the 
computer. Although I did not know him as well as I would like to have he 
still was an important person to me. I talked to him for about 2 and a 
half - 3 years on irc, conferences, and was going to meet him at Defcon 
or coming to his town and visit, but I never got the chance to. I wish I 
did. Everyone I know always says postivie things about him. I will remember
him as a team partner when I use to hand in the occastional article for the
zine system failure. It meant a lot to me that I was on the same team as spee
That meant a lot to me. To me, I will always remember him saying one thing
over and over on one conference I was on with him late at night then
continuing into the next morning where I talked to him on it at school on the
payphone. He would repeatedly say "pbxphreak I want a pony" . That made me
laugh, and ever since I found out about what happen to Sean on friday, Thats
all that is in my head, me remembering his voice over and over, and yes it
brings a tear to my eye. I wont be able to chat with him, but I will still
will be able to rememeber the memories of sharing those long conversations on
conferences on the phone and those funny talks on irc. I will always remember
teasing Sean on irc by calling him the Spanish Princess :) That made me laugh.
Well we all know that Sean has gone to a good resting place upstairs, and he
will be watching over all of us. If you would like to send mail to the spee
memorial email address and give your condolences that will be properly
delivered then email spee-memorial@omni-net.net. Thank you spee for your
company over the past years. I will miss you dearly.

Your Friend

Chris McCoy (pbxphreak)


