first of all, i would like to start off with sister veronica sanchez. as a worker, i speak with the common tongue and i wrote a few words. when the death of sister veronica was announced, it struck in our lives, resounding far and wide. i believe we're captains of our own soul. the last few months of sister veronica sanchez's life, she walked with death, as if it was a companiocompanion. in the end, death came as a friend. veronica called me a few months ago and discovered she had lung cancer. never smoked a day in her life. 59 years old. veronica was instrumental in the james harmon cruise terminal, working with local 34 and sean farley to get that thing when you first go in about jimmy herman. she was very, very close to jimmy herman and she cared about working people and had that spirit that she could beat this awful disease that we call cancer. 59 to me is very, very young. i was really struck when i found out that she had passed. i know in her life, she tried to do as much good as she could for as many people. m.m.p., i.o.w., working people, she had