Travis Burns This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. TODAY'S TRUCKING NEWS FROM LAND LINE ONLINE

   www.landlinemag.com/todays_new - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/11/2004   Last Visited: 8/11/2004

   "He'd do anything to help you," said Travis Burns, an OOIDA member from Claypool, AZ, who was a fellow driver and friend of Rau's.
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   Rau also spent time helping younger drivers, Burns, said, especially those who "genuinely wanted to learn."
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   Burns said his friend did a lot of agricultural hauling.
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   Burns first met Rau in Los Angeles when the two became lost in the middle of the sprawling metropolis.
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   A short time later, Burns was taking a breather at a local hangout well-known to longtime truckers. He was the only customer in the place when another man walked in.
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   Burns remembers an incident that occurred years ago in Arizona.
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   "Pat was crossing the street in Banning to go to a Denny's we frequented when he was struck," Travis Burns, an OOIDA member from Claypool, AZ, and longtime friend of Rau's, wrote to Land Line.
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   A number of Rau's fellow OOIDA members - Chuck Kimmel, Dave Foster, Gary Day, Jim Hilliard, Paul Wilbur, Jim Hicks and Burns - were at the memorial service.
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   Burns worked with Larry Wilson - the southwest director for Fasttrack, who was also at the service - to set up the educational fund.