Donald Cowart was a single, childless, college graduate of 25. He had just moved back home after 3 years in the Air Force including a tour in Vietnam. He was living with his parents and trying to start his career as a pilot outside the Air Force. He was a very active and healthy man.

In July 1973 Donald was severely burned in an accident involving a faulty propane transmission line. His father died as a result of the same incident. From the moment he realized he had sustained serious burns he wanted to be allowed to die. He made this clear to the farmer who was the first on the scene. Donald asked him to get a gun. The farmer said he couldn't do that. He made his wishes clear to his mother, the doctors and nurses that treated him and he was ignored. He was in total agony and all he wanted was to die. His fingers were burned off to the second joint, he was completely blind and he had third degree burns over 65 percent of his body.

Due to his request to be allowed to die he......

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