Suicide Claims Sept. 11 Widow

— -- A Trade Center widow took her own life; the pilot of the plane than hit the Pentagon is buried; there's a security deal with Canada; Berkeley, Calif., is offering draft advice, just in case; Area 51 guards want more money; and a $500 reward has been offered to catch a Pennsylvania flag burner.

Widow of Trade Center Victim Kills Self

S T R O U D S B U R G, Pa., Dec. 13 — A 51-year-old woman whose friends sayhad been depressed since her husband died in the collapse of the World Trade Center committed suicide this week, authorities said today.

Pat Flounders, 51, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at her home Monday, Monroe County Coroner Dave Thomas said. Her body was found by a friend.

Her husband, Joe Flounders, 46, worked for Euro Brokers Inc. on the 84th floor of trade center's South Tower, the second skyscraper struck by hijackers Sept. 11.

Pat Flounders had said she was at home watching television when she saw a jet hit the North Tower. She called her husband and told him to leave, but was later told by one of her husband's colleagues that he stayed behind to assist a co-worker who went into shock.

"She was so distraught. She just lost her will to live, she lost hope," said Kelly Lewis, who helped Pat Flounders gather personal documents after her husband's death.

Flounders was also in poor health and was recovering from surgery in which she had a pacemaker implanted, Lewis said. She refused the offers of free counseling that were made to families of Trade Center victims.

The couple had moved to Monroe County from New York three years ago.

Pat Flounders held a memorial for her husband last week in New York, which was attended by friends and former co-workers, but she remained despondent.

Her husband's death "was just so hard for her; he was taking care of her, he took care of all the financial matters," Lewis said. "He was only a few years from retirement and they were really looking forward to it."

— The Associated Press

Pilot of Pentagon Jet Buried in Arlington

A R L I N G T O N, Va., Dec. 13 — The pilot of the plane terrorist hijackers crashed into the Pentagon is now buried in Arlington National Cemetery.