In their words …
“What else is there left in life. I have lost my son.”
— Vijay Kumar, whose 3-year-old son Rajaraman was jarred from his grip and swept up when the two of them were caught by the tsunami that struck their home in southern India.
“This isn’t golf. No mulligans allowed.”
— Morton Brilliant, spokesman for Democratic Gov.-elect Christine Gregoire, after her Republican opponent Dino Rossi declared that the razor-thin election was so fouled up that the state should vote again.
“Seeing someone shot, that’s a very incredible experience on its own. Another experience is the fact that it could have been you.”
— Rhys Johnson, executive director of the new Human Rights Education Institute in Coeur d’Alene, describing his experiences as a human rights worker in Palestine.
“It’s not like you have kids next door that Emily and Dylan can see playing outside and just run out and join them. There are no kids within a quarter-mile.”
— Outgoing Washington Gov. Gary Locke, reflecting on the shortcomings of life in the executive mansion for a family with young children.
“All they did is drop my mom like a hot potato.”
— Krystal Elder, who filed a federal lawsuit against Spokane County, claiming her mother, Venus Elder, died after jail officials wrongfully prevented her from taking her anti-blood-clotting medicine while incarcerated at the County Jail and Geiger Corrections Center last year.
“It was a gunbattle. They were fighting for their lives.”
— Kootenai County Sheriff Rocky Watson, describing the shootout in which two of his deputies shot and killed Michael Madonna after the 39-year-old Hayden, Idaho, man had shot Coeur d’Alene Police Officer Michael Kralicek.
“… it was probably as good as anything we’ve ever done.”
— Gonzaga University basketball coach Mark Few, after his Bulldogs defeated third-ranked and previously undefeated Oklahoma State 78-75 on the road Tuesday.
“We’ve run out of games to play, and we’ve run out of baby food.”
— Passenger John Castle who with his family, including a 3-year-old and a 7-month old, was among the passengers delayed for 18 hours on the ground in Moses Lake when their Netherlands-to-Seattle flight was diverted because of weather.