On the 11th anniversary of U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone’s death, former Sen. Norm Coleman offers words of mourning and respect for the fiery liberal.

Coleman was challenging Wellstone for the Senate seat in 2002 election when a plane crash near Eveleth killed Wellstone, his wife, Sheila, their daughter Marcia and five others.

Coleman won the election 11 days later, beating former Vice President Walter Mondale, who’d been recruited to run in Wellstone’s place.

Friday on his Facebook page, Norm Coleman writes:

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