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"I am heartbroken and have had nightmares because my best friend is dead. My Daddy and Mummy told me that some Russian men killed her and many, many other people, too. I asked Daddy why the Russians are so cruel. Yuen Wai-Sum was eight and was my best friend. Now we can never play together again. Why? You are the leader of the Russians, can you tell me why Russians have to kill her? I want to name offerings to Wai-Sum, to give her some fresh flowers and to pay respect to her spirit. May I? You are the leader. If you say yes, then it must be okay."

— Korean Air Lines Flight 007

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Cold War Death 1980s in the Soviet Union South Korea Aviation accidents and incidents

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Choi Man-Yee, close friend of KAL 007 passenger Yuen Wai-Sum, in a letter written to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov on KAL 007 shootdown, A 9-year-old Hong Kong girl has written to Soviet... (September 4, 1983)

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Korean Air Lines Flight 007

Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KAL 007) was a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage, Alaska. On September 1, 1983, the South Korean airliner servicing the flight was shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor. The airliner was en route from Anchorage to Seoul, but due to a navigational mistake made by the KAL crew the airliner deviated from its original planned route and flew through Soviet prohibited airspace around the time of a U.S. aerial reconnaissance missi

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