2 Fellow Laserist's die in airplane crash in Rochester Minnesota

Dan Lauritsen, age 30
Chris Livingston, age 30
Heather Nichols, age 28
If Heather was a laserist is unknown by me.

Both Dan and Chris had stated some things that now are in the popular
Sams LASER FAQ.

I met Dan when he was 18 through the local laser grapevine.
I was amazed with the speed that he learned, he was a wizard!

For a while he had an SP Millennia II dpss system, running over 2 watts,
There were always many large frame ion heads running and in stages of repair at his place.
He built dpss heads even. At one time he even had enough batteries
strapped to his bicycle to power a small air cooled argon like an
NEC or ALC . As time went on he gained experience working with a local
company called Lasertainment and one of the companies in florida, its name
escapes me but it was probably with Chris Livingston.


We are asked to bring our lasers to the get together, I see large offerings.
I will miss the lengthly intelligent conversations with him, R.I.P. Dan


A nice news report that details both Dan and Chris (in text)
can be found here:
Eagan plane crash victim was riding with friend - TwinCities.com
A local news station's video can be seen here about the crash:
Rochester plane crash victim on 'birthday' flight | Minneapolis and St. Paul | kare11.com

sad day.

That's a real shame, they seem like real nice guys, there wasn't much on the girl though. Sad day to see such assets to the world be taken away.

Heather Nichols was Chris Livingston's girlfriend...
Just goes to prove... nothing in life is guaranteed..:cryyy:


Jerry

lasersbee said:

Heather Nichols was Chris Livingston's girlfriend...
Just goes to prove... nothing in life is guaranteed..:cryyy:


Jerry

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"Life is only borrowed, one day we must return it"

I dont know who are these two, but its sad.

my condolences to you and their family, im sure they will be missed greatly

stuart

Enjoy the moment

It is all we have

I raise a glass to a life enjoyed :beer:

You will be missed

Peace,
dave

daguin said:

Enjoy the moment

It is all we have

I raise a glass to a life enjoyed :beer:

You will be missed

Peace,
dave

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You are a very wise man, Dave... RIP friends!

May suum lux lucis fulsi in ut astrum (or something like that)

Be at peace, friends, your time of rest is here, and your journey has but begun.

:beer:

Rest In Paradise! to all of our fallen loved ones! They
may be gone but they will never be forgotten!
R.I.P Micheal John Esposito 86-10 Miss you Brother!
LIVE YOUR LIFE TO THE FULLEST BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW!
-Sarge

sorry to hear this <playing taps>

My sincere condolences to their family, and all who were thier friends-so sad--so young--no doubt they will be missed but never forgotten---hak:cryyy:

Look what I just found from Dan a friend of mine (R.I.P.) his only youtube video!

I thoroughly enjoyed that! :crackup:

What are those things called?

ARGLaser said:

I thoroughly enjoyed that! :crackup:

What are those things called?

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I am not sure what they are called, they sure are cool though!
I would certainly add that to the show if other requirements were met

On satellite I was watching Nickelback: Live at Sturgis, they had lots of pyrotechnics and fireworkss, it was really fun to see but needed lasers!