...Long ago, when I worked DL Air Cargo, I goofed and sent an HR (Human Remains) to PIT instead of PHL, that was bad enough, but this is a real screw-up! Bryant Petitt Cumming, GA --- Roger & Amanda La France <lafrance@verizon.net> wrote: > Calif. cadaver takes unexpected detour to Greece=20 > Monday September 16, 3:28 PM EDT=20 > > > SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept 16 (Reuters) - The body of a > California man > headed for burial in his native Mexico mistakenly > ended up in Greece and > weeping relatives only discovered the mix-up when > they opened the casket > and found a stranger inside. > > Robert Castaneda's family, who raised $8,000 to > bring back the body of > their 68-year-old patriarch to a final resting > place, were shocked to > find a dead African-American man with a cigar and a > book displaying a > picture of the World Trade Center, the San Jose > Mercury News reported on > Monday. > > Castaneda died 10 days ago in California and his > relatives thought they > had flown the body back to his hometown of > Apatzingan in the Mexican > state of Michoacan. They realized, however, it was > the wrong cadaver > when they opened the casket on Friday. > > > =20 > <http://ae.excite.com/adclick/CID=3D000057857d9372bc00000000/acc_random=3D= > 18 > 25786511/site=3Dexcite.reuters/area=3Dmoney.news/aamsz=3D336x280> > =09 > > "My sister called us immediately," Belen Castaneda, > the Mexican dead > man's daughter, told the newspaper. "She was in > shock. She said that > wasn't my father, and we couldn't believe what was > happening to us." > > Delta Air Lines (DAL > <http://money.excite.com/jsp/qt/full.jsp?time=3D0&symbol_search_text=3DDA= > L> > ) officials phoned the family to inform them > Castaneda's body had > somehow ended up in Greece, according to the > newspaper. > > That casket was flown to New York and is scheduled > to arrive in San > Francisco on Monday along with the mystery cadaver, > whose identity was > not known, the newspaper said. > > A representative for Delta could not immediately be > reached for comment. > > Family members also said they do not know whether > the airline, airport > workers or the funeral home made the mistake but > were trying to raise > more money to get Castaneda's body back to > Mexico.=20 > > > =A92002 Reuters Limited.=20 __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com