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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Rachel Pritchett / The Bulletin
May 4, 2008
BREMERTON, Wash. — The sun went down that frigid Christmas Day in 2002.
Cracking the window in his parked van for his little dog, Willow, Richard LeMieux shut the door and stepped out onto the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
Wind bit at his face. Rain quickly penetrated his shivering skin.....